Augmented Reality powers Melbourne’s City DNA exhibit
The City of Melbourne is using technology to visualize their open datasets and chart their future. As part of an initiative to make city data open and transparent, their Smart City team used GL JS to build it’s City DNA exhibit, an interactive exhibition at Melbourne Knowledge Week.
During Melbourne Knowledge week, Melbourne showed off a 1:1000 scale model of the city centre, that was 3D printed and augmented with projections of different citywide datasets like street tree data or pedestrian traffic. Interactive screens showed data visualizations illustrating Melbourne’s climate resilience plan, water-sensitive urban design, and ten-year tree planting schedule.
3D extrusions built with our Maps SDK for Unity help visitors explore Melbourne through phases of its historical development. Located on a natural bay, Melbourne’s hilly topography was flattened as development began in 1900. Over the years the city’s Central Business District evolved, growing denser and denser — it now houses five of the seven tallest buildings in Australia.
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