The latest outputs from researchers, alumni and friends at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA).
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini demoed how the company’s processors are being used to render a 3D model from millions of user-generated images taken from photo-sharing sites such as Flicker and Picasa. We like …
Continue reading »The Nottingham Caves Survey is in the process of recording all of Nottingham’s 450+ sandstone caves. The movie below is in stunning detail based purely on a LiDAR scan capturing 500,000 survey points per second:
Head over to http://nottin…
Continue reading »The movie below provides a view on the future of Augmented Reality. We are big fans of augmented reality here at digital urban but someone we dont quite see it as the future. There is something that simply does not feel right within the general day to …
Continue reading »The whole ‘2.0’ thing has been slightly overdone, however Earth 2.0 is a really nice movie:
Take a look at the Earth 2.0 channel on YouTube for more movies…
Continue reading »Firstly apologies, the blog has been sat on the sidelines waiting for a post while i have been in a whirlwind of a three weeks. The good news is the blog is back, in short, we have been in the process recently of securing grants, launching a new Master…
Continue reading »Stuart Eve here in CASA has been working away in the Unity gaming engine in terms of Augmented Reality applications for the iPhone and iPad. As Stewart himself notes it is surprisingly successful and with at least 3 different ways of getting 3D content…
Continue reading »We have a bit of a ‘thing’ about 3D audio soundscapes. Over recent years it has become increasingly possible to analyse audio content and visualise it within a 3D package, there are solutions for most suites out there from 3D Max, Cinema 4D and through…
Continue reading »Richard Milton here in CASA has released a new feature on the MapTube website today which will make it easier to create new maps from data in CSV files. The new update to MapTube adds a graphical user interface which allows the user…
Continue reading »Shibuya in Tokyo is second only to Akihabara as one of our of favourite places to truly observe the urban phenomena. The movie was captured by darwinfish105 soon after the recent earthquake with a note from the autho…
Continue reading »We love ‘Wear you Live’ by City Fabric – in short its a series of products from T-Shirts to Tote Bags, Prints, Cushions printed with a figureground map. This type of map is commonly used in the fields of city planning, design and architecture to s…
Continue reading »Its taken a while but sometimes the wait is worth it. The latest blog out of CASA is written by its founder – Professor Mike Batty. Entitled ‘A Science of Cities’ it is a site to bookmark as it is written by one of the leaders of the field. As Mik…
Continue reading »One year in the making with the goal of illustrating the duality between city and nature the timelapse below by Dominic Boudreault is one of the best we have seen. Locations include Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, New Yor…
Continue reading »Big Data Tool Kit, located a couple of desks away from Digital Urban in CASA at University College London, has just made live his visualisation of the #1yeartogo London 2012 tag. Powered by a mix of our MapTube visualisations and behind the scenes…
Continue reading »The Virtual Library of Birmingham, built by Daden Limited, has opened its doors to the public allowing access two years before the real life building is ready for occupancy. The virtual model allows visitors to explore and learn more about the public s…
Continue reading »PocketGuide is an iPhone/Android and Ovi app that provides a professionally voiced audio tour of the city based on your GPS location. The innovative part comes in as while taking the tour the app is tracking your route and allows the ability …
Continue reading »Crowdsourcing (Howe, 2008) is the term of used for methods of data creation, where large groups of users who are not organised centrally generate content that is shared. From direct public involvement via citizen science initiatives, such as the well d…
Continue reading »Here at digital urban, we are enthused to announce that the first episode of The Global Lab podcast from CASA is now available on iTunes.
The Global Lab is a podcast about cities, global connectivity and the…
Continue reading »Jours de Pointe is a stop motion animation by Migüel Warrand:
We admire the mix of photoshop, after effects, premier, sound forge and of course paper…
Some city animations simply stand out – Megalomania is one of these stunning examples, perceiving the city in total construction. The built environment is explored as a labyrinth of architecture that is either unfinished, incomplete or broken. Megalom…
Continue reading »An Urban Sensation is a proposal from Dan Foster-Smith, a graduate from Designing Interactions at the Royal College of Arts. It is aimed at developing an open source infrastructure that would enable the virtual reconstruction of our sens…
Continue reading »For the launch of the Nike Free Run+ 2 City Pack series, YesYesNo was invited to develop software that would allow runners to create dynamic paintings with their feet using their Nike+ GPS run data. During the two day workshop at Nike headquarters, we …
Continue reading »In a black & white Paris, little creatures with paintbrush decide to brighten up the city…
Reulf is a student project directed by Quentin Carnicelli, Charles Klipfel & Jean-François Jégo as part of their graduate program in “Arts et Tech…
Continue reading »As regular readers will know we have a bit of a thing about city timelapses here on digital urban. The smooth passing of time can communicate a cities movement and structure as frames are captured every few seconds. As such below is a timelapse by …
Continue reading »Fresh from the yesterdays Clockwork City and again produced in 3D Max by T0R0YD is the City Roller Coaster:
We know the chances of any such ride being built are slim but it does somehow make The London Eye and other such urban structure…
Continue reading »The Clockwork City is an urban structure concept whereby entire districts move, thus negating the need for transport systems. Need to get to work? Wait 10 minutes until your work place moves into walking distance:
We really like the animation and c…
Continue reading »Picked up via http://www.bloomberg.com/ below is an interesting look at the rapid city growth in China with the aim to move people from farms to factories:
Kangbashi currently has 30,000 residents, out of a planned 1 million, creating an …
Continue reading »Urbanflow Helsinki is a concept by Nordkapp and Urbanscale to envision and build an operating system for everyday life in the cities. This concept is a first of many, and revolves mainly around the situated screens and their potential use cases. P…
Continue reading »A early heads up that the trailer for the forthcoming podcast from CASA – The Global Lab is now available on iTunes. Global Lab is a podcast about cities, global connectivity and the impact of technology produced here at UCL’s Centre fo…
Continue reading »A early heads up that the trailer for the forthcoming podcast from CASA – The Global Lab is now available on iTunes. Global Lab is a podcast about cities, global connectivity and the impact of technology produced here at UCL’s Centre fo…
Continue reading »From three posts a day to almost a month between articles, the shame of it. Its ok though, we have a plan – work even harder and work even longer, it seems to be the only answer.Despite the lack of posts it has been all go behind the scenes at CASA wit…
Continue reading »From three posts a day to almost a month between articles, the shame of it. Its ok though, we have a plan – work even harder and work even longer, it seems to be the only answer.Despite the lack of posts it has been all go behind the scenes at CASA wit…
Continue reading »QRator is a collaborative project between the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities (UCLDH), UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), and UCL Museums and Collections, to develop new kinds of content, co-curated by the public, museum curators, and …
Continue reading »QRator is a collaborative project between the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities (UCLDH), UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), and UCL Museums and Collections, to develop new kinds of content, co-curated by the public, museum curators, and …
Continue reading »Number 161 in the every growing CASA Working Paper Series is Building 3D Agent-Based Models for Urban Systems by A.T. Crooks, A. Hudson-Smith and A Patel in a collaboration between George Mason University, United States of America and here at Centre fo…
Continue reading »Number 161 in the every growing CASA Working Paper Series is Building 3D Agent-Based Models for Urban Systems by A.T. Crooks, A. Hudson-Smith and A Patel in a collaboration between George Mason University, United States of America and here at Centre fo…
Continue reading »Here in CASA, University College London, we are currently waiting for the final part of our home made RepRap 3D Printer. Unfortunately it is a crucial part – the hot head that melts the plastic, allowing the printer to lay down layers of…
Continue reading »With our new MRes in Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation (ASAV) now open for 2011/2012 entry. We thought we would post a couple of videos to get a flavour of the unique UCL campus:
UCL Open Day 2010:
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Continue reading »Tales of Things is all about memories, the stories we attach to objects as we move through life. As such we are very pleased to announce our latest partnership with Oxfam for their Curiosity Shop in Selfridges, London. The Curiosity Shop is open until …
Continue reading »Sometimes it nice to have new ways to rapidly access and view content. With digital urban you can now choose the way you read the blog.Pictured below is a ‘snapshot’ interface, providing access to the posts via a Polaroid style layout:Courtesy of blogg…
Continue reading »Sometimes in a research lab you step back in awe at some of the research going on around you. The work from the team behind the new Simulacra blog from CASA is one of those moments, visualising the dynamic geography of the urban transport system:Public…
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