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Date:10-9-2014
Presented By,
Madhavi P Patil
PICA,M.Arch- Urban Design
A new invention that came out of no where.
In 1989 an amazing and real universe evolved that offered huge
fortunes and changed the way that much of the world works,
plays communicates and shops and even falls in love.
Evolution of Virtualization?
Term Virtual refers to
Great social leveler : Virtual spaces find a common ground across differences in age, culture,
and linguistic orientation. People will be drawn together by similar interests instead of purely by
geographic location.
Source: Google Documentry
Simulation : Computer-aided design allows architects to build and envision a structure to
eliminate any potential problems before money is spent actualizing the design. facilitate
Source:Movie- Capitan America- The Winter Soldier
Thus the elements of Virtual Cities are more or less the same as the Real cities.
Only difference is Virtual Cities are designed with the help of 3d softwares but their
functioning depends on the codes.
Comparison of Real cities and Virtual Cities
Enclosure Encryption
The enclosing surfaces of constituent There is no rain or snow in virtual cities ,
spaces walls, floors, ceiling, and roofs vs so shelter is not a necessity, but privacy
provide not only shelter, but also privacy. certainly is. So your virtual city walls
Breaches in these surfaces gates, doors, should be digitally protected.
and windows have mechanisms to
control access and maintain privacy
Physical Transactions Electronic Exchanges
Historically, cities have provided places and Electronic funds transfer can substitute for
zones for specialized business and different vs physical transfer of cash, and direct delivery
activities. from the warehouse can replace carrying the
goods home from store, the counter can
become a virtual one.
Street Maps Hyperplans
Grids of streets have connected buildings to The network of World Wide Web provides
each other, and roads have linked cities. vs access and constructs a virtual rather than
These physical connections provided access physical world of places and connections;
to the places where people lived, worked, the places are called pages and they appear
worshipped, and entertained themselves. on screen, and the connections called
hyperlinks allow us to jump from page to
page by clicking on highlighted text or icons.
Human laws Coded conditionals
Different kinds of laws and regulations On the electronic frontier, code is the law.
have acted as the governing rules of urban vs The rules governing any computer-
environments. Ever since the earliest constructed microworld of a video game, of
settlements of humankind, cities have your personal computer desktop, are
been controlled by regulatory laws which precisely and rigorously defined in the text of
were derived from different ideologies. the program that constructs it on our screen.
Movement Non-physical movement
Physical space is the space in which our Virtual space in this sense is different
bodies move through. vs because our bodies do not move through
it. You get from place to place in virtual
space by following logical links rather than
physical paths.
Experience Digital experience
We move physically through spaces and vs We experience things digitally with the
we experience things around us. help of animations, videos, etc..
Benefits of Virtual Spaces
The ability to test ideas in "real time" in a "three-dimensional" space during the
design process.
Communication of ideas, and the power to convince authorities.
The elimination of much of the guesswork in design.
Braver and better designs.
The integration of the design process.
Increase public participation and involvement of designing urban settings.
Urban site can no longer be thought of primarily in terms of its geography.