Virtual Worlds Capture Spatial Reality Virtual Worlds Capture Spatial Reality By Robert Jacobson, president, Worldesign Inc., 5348-112 Ballard Ave. Moreover, traditional displays do not make it easy to work with geospatial data - to push and pull at the factors that determine outcomes in natural and built environments.
Virtual worlds are a unique medium with which to portray and manipulate geospatial information.
Here, a virtual world of the Seattle Waterfront shows color coding and detail options. The imagery was developed to illustrate proposed changes to the waterfront and their consequences. Wash. Virtual worlds are a better medium with which to portray and manipulate geospatial information. For the purposes of this article, virtual worlds are interface environments designed to enhance the speedy comprehension of complex geospatial information. Today, virtual reality can mean almost anything.