Talking Headways Podcast: Designing Computer-Generated, 3D Cities
Ever wonder how movies make realistic cityscapes? Wonder no more!
By
Jeff Wood
7:20 AM EST on February 28, 2019
This week, we’re joined by Matthias Buehler of Vrbn and David Wasserman of Fehr and Peers in a discussion of the City Engine program and how to create realistic cityscapes for movies and planning applications. We chat about the time it takes to code details, how much collected urban data sets can be used, and what these types of programs could be used for in the future.
Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.
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