The beautifully crafted short above by Bruce Banit (via Kevin Kelly’s blog) depicts a fantastical yet believable world building interface, in a future that does not feel too far off from where Google Sketch Up is now. As if to prove that point, Stewart Brand sent over the below reference:
This virtual “Telematics City” was built by design firm Hook for a Lexus marketing campaign. The fantastic video linked above is a time lapse of the “building” of that city. I guess it’s like the man said…
“The future is here, its just not evenly distributed yet.” – William Gibson
And yet another Update: Wired is running a piece today on the physical city modeling that has taken place, and features one of the greatest treasures in the SF Bay Area, The Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model in Sausalito.
