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A rewarding time for Digital Urban. Winner: Inspire Future Generations Awards 2024 Thornton Education Trust, Digital Urban, Digital Urban Youth Engagement in Folkestone. Engage children and young people in hands-on design and community-building activities, fostering creativity and collaboration. The project aims to empower them with skills for personal development and active participation in their community. Category: Online / IT projects and materials/resources Youth engagement is for us and our clients and it is now a WINNER. Digital Urban has been given an "Inspiring Future Generations Award" from the Thornton Education Trust. [...]

How Digital Urban’s Place CoPilot is transforming the way urban developers find trusted answers to their questions – saving time and delivering better outcomes for all The challenge: Making design codes more user-friendly Like the majority of local authorities in the UK, Surrey County Council had a problem with their design codes. But it wasn’t with the documents themselves. These are detailed and carefully curated sources of valuable information for urban developers, and other stakeholders, created with the purpose of [...]

Digital Urban are launching our Rail Safety Game on Wednesday 25 September at the West Midlands Railway Stakeholder Conference this week! The Rail Safety Game is an engaging and interactive experience designed for young people to learn how to navigate train stations. Players complete quests and challenges that guide them through the process, from purchasing a ticket to boarding the train. Students can identify hazards and risks associated with train station use within the game, such as riding bicycles near the platforms. Find out about 'gamification' here: https://digitalurban.place/projects/rail-safety-game/ More information about [...]

Our key skills are helping to communicate complex messages and engaging stakeholders to play a part. We’re proud to be working with South West Water as they engage with their local stakeholders in St Agnes, Cornwall to co-develop water catchment plans. We’ve created a 3D model showcasing the water management landscape, taking locals on a journey through the challenges South-West Water faces to balance social and industrial use of water, treatment of water and draining of water in a landscape where the historical economic reliance on mining is having an impact [...]

We’re delighted to share that we will be working with Thanet District Council modelling the Ramsgate and Walpole digital twin to aid the regeneration of the historic Ramsgate and Margate areas. We will then create virtual reality experiences to promote public engagement with regeneration projects funded by the government’s Levelling Up Fund. Their model will help the local authority to see how new developments would sit alongside their historic buildings and the virtual reality engagement will ensure that the council engages more broadly that ever before. They are keen to attract [...]

Join our Founder and CEO Simon Mabey on 21 June for a talk about Digital Twins during Digital Leaders Month. Simon's talk is a must see for those interested in urban design, planning and public engagement in regeneration. Simon will chat about the technology and how the latest developments in gaming technology are making digital twinning accessible to towns. He will share Digital Urban's experiences in using VR to attract a wider demographic, making the planning process more enjoyable for everyone. A Session By Simon Mabey (Founder and CEO, DigitalUrban.Place) Broadcasts [...]

VR being used as part of a consultation event in Cornwall Join our Founder and Director Simon Mabey for a FREE webinar on Thursday 27 April at 11am. Simon will chat about how easy it is to use open source data to create 3D models and digital twins of your area and to create virtual reality experiences to help increase participation and widen the demographic involved in your public consultations. Plans for new buildings and infrastructure really come alive when placed in 3D models of existing townscapes and VR is [...]

Join us live on Tuesday 13 December at 11am. Find out how our open-source virtual reality experiences and 3D models have helped local councils to showcase development plans and engage with both residents and developers on proposed plans. Our local authority partners will chat through how the models and VR have helped to reach out to both traditional and new demographics - including those less frequently represented in public consultations. Find out how our partners have used their 3D models to secure significant grant funding. Keith Keeley, Head of Regeneration [...]