3D World
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Dundee
Department Name: Electronic Engineering and Physics
Abstract
This project will deliver a cost-effective method of significantly improving the realism in the enhanced 3D online gaming platform under development by Realtime Worlds (RTW), one of Europe's largest independent computer games developers. The project will utilise sensor-derived data, location-based technologies, image processing techniques and user-generated inputs to create automatic mechanisms for the platform to integrate many 'real-world' elements, greatly improving the realism of the immersive experience.This represents a radical departure from traditional methods of development, reducing production costs and significantly improving return on investment. The improved 3D World Platform (3DWP) will target industries requiring a superior platform for highly-realistic, immersive multiplayer online game development. This will penetrate the fastest growing sector of the $3.7 billion worldwide video game market - expected to triple to $12.2 billion within five years, and enhance UK production capabilitiesin this sector. The Mobile Computing and Smart Sensors (MoCASS) Group at the University of Dundee will provide sensor and wireless-location technologies to capture real-time traffic flow data for the virtual world, and image processing and other expertise to enable the estimation of building footprints, heights and form factors from satellite (geomatic) data. The Smart Systems Group at the University of Abertay Dundee will also contribute expertise in sensors, image procesing and database management.
People |
ORCID iD |
| William Gillespie (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | As explained under Narrative Impact, the collapse of the sponsoring company (Realtime Worlds, Dundee, UK) had the consequence that no data from this project could be published, and no communication of the (partial) results were permitted. |
| Exploitation Route | This is not possible, as explained above. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Environment |
| Description | The findings from this research project will never be used. Due to the receivership of the sponsoring company (Realtime Worlds, Dundee, UK) the intellectual assets of the company were transferred to another company, and the confidentiality agreement entered into via the TSB prohibited publication, or any other use, of these results. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2007 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Collaboration with Dundee City Council Traffic Department |
| Organisation | Dundee City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Analysis of traffic flow data in the Tayside Region |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of access to Tayside Regional Council traffic management control centre and databases |
| Impact | Improvement in traffic datamanagrement in Dundee City |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Collaboration with Traffic Group at the University of Aberdeen |
| Organisation | University of Aberdeen |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on road traffic management in Aberdeen and Dundee |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of contacts with FirstBus Group in Aberdeen |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration, between Physics, Engineering and Geography/Environmental Studies |
| Start Year | 2009 |