Source:BBC
- Think about all the parts: millions of people, schools, offices, shops, parks, utilities, hospitals, homes and transport systems.
- Changing one aspect affects many others.
- Architects, engineers, construction companies and city planners have long used computer-aided design and building information modelling software to help them create, plan and construct their projects.
- But with the addition of internet of things (IoT) sensors, big data and cloud computing, they can now create “digital twins” of entire cities and simulate how things will look and behave in a wide range of scenarios.
- ‘Virtual Singapore’ has developed a virtual digital twin of the entire city using software developed by French firm Dassault Systemes.
‘Virtual Singapore’ is a 3D digital twin of Singapore built on topographical as well as real-time, dynamic data.
It will enable users from different sectors to develop sophisticated tools and applications for test-bedding concepts and services, planning and decision-making, and research on technologies to solve emerging and complex challenges for Singapore.
- Bernard Charles, Dassault Systemes’ chief executive, says,”The problem is that when we decide about the evolution of a city we are in some way blind. You have the urban view of it – a map – you decide to put a building here, but another agency has to think about transport, another agency has to think about commercial use and flats for people.”
- “The creation of one thing changes so many other things – the flow and life of citizens.”
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