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Old 05-16-2008, 12:17 PM
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Default SIM Philly (Philadelphia Virtual World)




Imagine precise and realistic looking 3D-models of actual cities - cities you can navigate through, shop in, or just admire.
GeoSim cities allow you to explore virtual worlds for a better understanding of the physical world.
There are endless uses for GeoSim cities, including urban planning and development, tourism and real estate, law enforcement, 3D yellow pages, advertising and entertainment.
GeoSim is at the cutting edge of
3D-city modeling, with its proprietary suite of hardware and software tools, providing photo realistic quality at a ten folds increase in operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.
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Sweet! Does it come with "Smell-o-Vision" so when you're approaching "Market East Station" it will smell like pee?
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Sweet! Does it come with "Smell-o-Vision" so when you're approaching "Market East Station" it will smell like pee?

You can chat with others and shop in the shoppes
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Old 05-16-2008, 08:41 PM
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it's pc only. booooo!
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it's pc only. booooo!
just use vmware or bootcamp
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hm any reviews from people checking this out? is it like 2nd life?
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hm any reviews from people checking this out? is it like 2nd life?
the people behind this came to our office about 5 years ago trying to get us on board with them. at the time they were marketing it towards specific industries like the real estate market. the firm I was at, at the time did 3d rendering animation and interactive simulations. we had a similar model built of Philly and they were looking for a partnership.

back then you could walk (or fly) through the city and select an apartment from the exterior of any building. It would then tell you all sorts of data, selling price, sq. ft., etc. you could also jump up to it and look back at the view.

seems they've gone on their own now with a more universal approach. Our question then and now was why would we need a virtual Philly when the real thing was right outside?

their models are done with photo-grammetry which while fairly accurate are more for speed of reproduction then high quality. haven't had time to download it yet an play with this version.
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Don't support anything that is PC only.
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Keep fighting the good fight.
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Can you actually download the program or just view demos? It looks interesting but I couldn't figure out how to find the actual application.
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