How do we build tomorrow's cities?
New technology is driving transformational change in the built environment.
Topics:
AI-assisted urban planning
Augmented reality + placemaking
Technological innovation has completely changed our day-to-day lives. It begs the question: What will tomorrow’s cities look like? Idealistic visions of tomorrow include sustainable floating cities and flying cars, but how do we get from here to there?
I recently read an article where AI was tasked with imagining how “overcrowding, climate change and technological development are likely to change the cities of the future.” The results were certainly impressive (more on that below).
It seems clear that artificial intelligence, coupled with other emerging tech (Apple is rumored to be releasing its own augmented reality headset later this year), has the ability to revolutionize both urban planning and placemaking.
That revolution won’t happen overnight, but it’s starting. Michelle Tan wrote a guest post on Thesis Driven describing how new tech is enabling real estate owners and operators to collect and leverage location data. AR tools will only enhance that data set and empower AI assistants to create more effective models for tomorrow’s cities.
Could large-scale data models and digital twinning, fed through AI intermediaries, be the key to developing these elusive sci-fi cities that run on sustainable energy and vertical agriculture? And how will AR change the way we interface with those cities in our day-to-day lives?
- John
Read more:
What 10 American cities will look like in 2050, predicted by AI
How Real Estate Investors and Operators Are Using Location Data