Karlskrona2

Karlskrona2, by Superflex and Rune Nielsen, is a virtual parallel world distributed on the Internet for the citizens of the Swedish town Karlskrona, which enabled them to chat and construct urban landscapes in 3D as a means for stimulating political debate concerning alternatives to city planning.


Quicktime movie: Karlskrona2 - Animation of the original concept

Quicktime movie: Karlskrona2 - Recordings from the Beta-version

Quicktime movie: Karlskrona2 - Interview with the mayor in Karlskrona

Related publications:

• Nye Anvendelser af Interaktive Teknologier i Rumligt Design
  Situated Computing: afsæt i rum, sted & tid
  English title: New use of Interactive Technologies in Spatial Design
  Nielsen, R. 2006
  PhD thesis
  
  
• Collaborative Spaces: Inhabiting Virtual 3D worlds
  Nielsen, R. 2002
  In: Virtual Space: The Spatiality of Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds. Ed. Lars Qvortrup.
  Springer-Verlag UK, p 171 - 189
  
  
• Collaborative Spaces - Virtuelle beboede 3D-verdener
  Nielsen, R. 2001
  Arkitekturforskning og IT
  
  
• Karlskrona2 - Framing a virtual Neighbourhood
  Nielsen, R. 2001
  Web publication at Arkitekturnet.dk