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SuezanneC Baskerville
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07-15-2008 20:40
Folks interested in virtual world developments might want to take a look at Virtual Philadelphia, which you find out about and download at http://www.geosimphilly.com .

Here are two scenes from Virtual Philadelphia:





Those of you who live in or used to live in or have visited Philadelphia might get an extra kick out of this.
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Ericka Nemeth
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07-15-2008 22:03
This is in SL?!?!?!?

OMG! I'm not that far from RL philly, I would so go to this *grins*
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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07-15-2008 22:35
From: Ericka Nemeth
This is in SL?!?!?!?
No, it's not in SL. You can find out about and download it at http://www.geosimphilly.com .

It's pretty impressive on my daughter's fast computer.

I wish there was one for a place that I have lived. San Francisco area would be great. Philly's ok, though.
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Charla Vellhi
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07-15-2008 22:47
I thought they outlawed virtual philadelphia because of that German news program?
SuezanneC Baskerville
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07-15-2008 22:56
Heh heh.

I think this has the most detailed modeling of any 3D model of a real place that I've seen. It seems more detailed than Google's 3D modeled cities.
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Marianne McCann
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07-16-2008 04:52
From: Charla Vellhi
I thought they outlawed virtual philadelphia because of that German news program?


I will be looking forward to my new monitor.
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Amy Stork
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07-16-2008 04:57
Darn I thought somebody had invented a way of spreading virtual cheese...

Oh well looks great :)

I expect one day we will walk on google earth much as we do in SL there will be a virtual world convergence when the interoperability bit is cracked and standardized...
LittleToe Bartlett
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07-16-2008 06:18
when, oh, when, will VW platform developers show Mac users some love?

I so want to know if you can visit virtual McGlinchy's or Dirty Frank's- maybe wander over to TriTone and say hi to Dave...

the whole idea just cracks me up.

I might just have to start running windows to see this one.
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07-16-2008 06:31
I believe those three bars are all outside the area that's included in the model at present. They are a bit too far southeast.

I'll try to find or make a map of the area covered later today.
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07-16-2008 06:43
From: Charla Vellhi
I thought they outlawed virtual philadelphia because of that German news program?
GAH!!!! Now my boss knows I'm on the internet!!!! Darn non-sound-proof cubicles! (>_<;)
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Marianne McCann
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07-16-2008 06:59
From: Imnotgoing Sideways
GAH!!!! Now my boss knows I'm on the internet!!!! Darn non-sound-proof cubicles! (>_<;)


Thankfully I was still at home at th' time.

An ya... where's th' mac version!
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07-16-2008 13:50
I sent an email to [email]info@geosimphilly.com[/email] and [email]support@geosimphilly.com[/email] asking about Mac and Linux support.

Those wanting a version for non-Windows platforms might send them an email as well.
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Weston Graves
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07-16-2008 15:48
I can't help thinking back to the 80's and 90's when I wanted to enhance my illustration business with with some software design and paint programs, and just about got laughed out of the market because I had a PC.

This looks really cool. I can't wait until someone puts up a virtual Moon and Mars, if they haven't already. I'd like to walk around those worlds.
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07-17-2008 21:47
In response to my emails to [email]info@geosimphilly.com[/email] and [email]support@geosimphilly.com[/email] I got a reply from Dr. Victor Shenkar, CEO of GeoSim Systems Ltd., as follows:
From: someone

Thanks for your interest in our Virtual Philly.
Unfortunately for time being, we support Windows-based applications only.
I know that new Mac's with a dual-mode Operating System run our application pretty well.


So if you want Mac or Linux versions of GeoSim applications, send a request to those addresses and the head of the company may be the one that reads them instead of a low-level clerk or a third party semi-automated customer service department.
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Brenda Connolly
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07-17-2008 22:34
Personally, I'm holding out for Virtual Newark
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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07-17-2008 23:22
From: Brenda Connolly
Personally, I'm holding out for Virtual Newark

I don't know why its Philadelphia.

I'd like San Francisco or D.C. for familiarity. New York, Paris, and Beijing for site-seeing.

This system shows the dumpsters in the alleys. I think it be where dumpsters actually are.

It would be interesting to see mobile phone's and vehicle's GPS and other location data incorporated to show where people and cars actually are.

It would also be nice to have live web cams incorporated into this so you could see the real view from spots that you find in the model.
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