What in the world are
Civitas, the ImmersaDesk and LandSpeeder?
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A collaborative project between researchers at the
Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the Integrated Systems Lab
at the Beckman Institute has produced a portable Cube-like immersive
virtual depiction of urban sprawl in Kane County, Illinois. Displayed on
an ImmersaDesk, a one walled portable version of the Beckman fully
immersive Cube, researchers and guests can fly through Kane County in
stereo video, viewing various time periods of urban encroachment on the
landscape. The program taking the actual data from Kane County was
developed by Professor Varkki George Pallathucheril and programmed
by Rose Marshack.
The next time you are in downtown Urbana (112 West Main) stop in Civitas,
the Urban and Regional Planning Department's wonderful new storefront and
see the exhibit.
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