Spectra Cities

Building Ideas from Pixels to Bricks -

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Do you think SDXL did a good job?🤔

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We've been experimenting with AI for imagining new urban designs💭

Using #SDXL 1.0 and #ComfyUI, we had some fun "building ideas from pixels to bricks" with #Minecraft Spectra Cities🏙️ (see more in thread🖼️)

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Have you ever wondered where your food comes from?

Learn more about how Spectra wants to grow food locally again with urban agriculture (click the pic).
https://t.co/fhqrDOWscW

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Taking off our VR headsets for a minute, we took it back to the 2010s with a new blog series: "Ten Stories of Urban Design"

Here are the first three stories on streetlife, public space, and urban agriculture (see thread).

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How rare are safe public spaces in cities?

Learn more about how Spectra redesigns public space from the ground up with multilevel streetlife (click the pic).
https://t.co/2KVEElasMa

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Happening now: Spectra Cities founder @ryanrz shares about our project and related initiatives!

[Ryan Rzepecki @Ryanrz]

Im presenting at the network state conference in 10 min. Livestream link below

[Andreea Ion Cojocaru @andreeavr]

I dream of virtual street corners that are not only collectively experienced but also collectively owned and negotiated.

Concept diagram showing the relationship between a virtual sandbox and real cities. Our work @numenavr for @SpectraCities, a CC0 city.

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@numenavr Create your own apps using our open-source toolkit: https://t.co/q6oCpVfiQn

Let us know what you create!

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Our "pixels to bricks" approach means experiencing the form & feel of urban designs in real-time & scale.
With 2 sliders, discover how width & height affect mobility, public space, density, and climate resilience before 1 brick is laid.
Urbanism is more accessible than ever!

[Andreea Ion Cojocaru @andreeavr]

Urbanism in two sliders. All you need to go from Manhattan to sprawl is the ratio between street width & building height.

Experiencing this at 1:1 scale, while standing in the middle of the road, makes a world of difference.

@numenavr @SpectraCities @ryanrz

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Amazing work from @numenavr using @spectracities free 3d assets👏

[Ryan Rzepecki @Ryanrz]

This year I experienced a very broad spectrum of urbanism.

Gleaming towers in Dubai and Singapore. Narrow walkways in Venice and Bali. Lush greenways in Seoul and Milan.

Today I experienced all of these conditions in a few minutes using a new VR tool from @numenavr using @spectracities 3d assets.

A simple hand-tracking slider allows you to instantly change your street from narrow path to shared use street to highway to greenway.

The app lets you change building heights from single story, to midrise, to skyscraper. And you can mix and match heights and widths to make your perfect street.

The beauty of building Spectra as a virtual city first is that we can experiment on the form and show people how simple urban design decisions radically change how people feel in a city.

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We're honored to be a VR Awards finalist with our colleagues at @numenavr

[Andreea Ion Cojocaru @andreeavr]

We are excited to announce that our urbanism + VR work at @numenavr has been nominated for a @VRAwards in the Social Impact category!

The project, @SpectraCities, is a virtual city for imagining and prototyping cities for the future. This is an immersive, multi-platform community that dreams of building joyful, enriching, and sustainable lifestyles.

Deeply thankful to @ryanrz, Matt Kudo and @nickkauf for the wonderful collaboration🙏

[AIXR XR Awards @VRAwards]

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◾@numenavr and @SpectraCities – Spectra Cities
◾@timestudiosfilm/ @flightschoolHQ / Meta VR For Good – MLK: Now Is The Time

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@ryanrz we're live! join us from the link: https://t.co/yItTQKiRNw

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Coming up tomorrow at 10:00am EST! Don't miss our second virtual design workshop for a real Spectra project. This might be our most interactive session yet so bring your ideas! https://t.co/Ml9zhrGNvr

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We're looking forward to our next workshop on virtual interior design for an IRL project this thursday! Make sure to rsvp on discord for a reminder and watch the visitor center channel for the link! https://t.co/FWT8v6afvl

[sofiverse @0xSofiverse]

¡Buen domingo, amigos de X! El jueves hay un taller en @SpectraCities sobre diseño de interiores. Más información en el servidor de este proyecto hermoso👇🏼❤️

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We're looking forward to our next workshop on virtual interior design for an IRL project this thursday! Make sure to rsvp on discord for a reminder and watch the visitor center channel for the link! https://t.co/FWT8v6afvl

[Ryan Rzepecki @Ryanrz]

This week @SpectraCities hosted a permaculture and agroforestry workshop in @Spatial_io.

It was surprising how well normally offline activities translated to VR.

Can’t wait to implement these techniques on the farm.

https://t.co/yLugCmRmP1

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@Sofi_VCarrillo Muchas gracias Sofi! Hoy compartimos un video corto con clips del evento. todos son bienvenidos a unirse a nuestro próximo taller el 17! https://t.co/SH1vjFaolU