[Wrestlevania]

A team of academics known as Digital Urban are attempting to create a virtual copy of the City of London using the Crysis mod tools. They're importing individual building meshes from SketchUp, Google's free 3D application which integrates user-submitted 3D constructions with the Google Earth software.

It's pretty basic at the moment, but I'm impressed nonetheless.
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[CubaLibre]

Will my computer be able to run it?
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[Wrestlevania]

Having no idea what your computer spec is, but knowing how punishing the Crytek 2 engine looks, it's probably safest to guess "no"..?

I know for certain my creaky old laptop would probably struggle just getting it installed -- never mind running the thing. So I'm certainly disappointed that I probably won't be able to see this project firsthand.

Still, it's fascinating to see people taking a serious scientific approach to making use of available videogame technology.
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[CubaLibre]

I was just being a cranky bitch.

Yes, it is pretty exciting. Then again, scientists are nerds and they've never been averse to insinuating their hobbies into their work. Remember that Second Life hypercube?
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[Wrestlevania]

Oh yeah, that was fantastic I thought. Really clever stuff.
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[Takashi]

Hey, add this with the detailed physics engine of Crysis, YouTube and a pretty bored guy and we have the next "Terrorists use game to plot bombing attempts in Central London" headline.
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