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CRASH COURSE OR COURSE CRASH: Gaming, VR and a Pedagogical Approach Dr. Brent Chamberlain Landscape Architecture & Regional and Community Planning Kansas State University DLA Conference 2015 June 6, 2015 BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

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CRASH COURSE OR COURSE CRASH:

Gaming, VR and a Pedagogical Approach

  • Dr. Brent Chamberlain

Landscape Architecture & Regional and Community Planning Kansas State University DLA Conference 2015 June 6, 2015

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BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

  • Geospatially-focused course
  • Graduate and undergraduate Mix
  • Little GIS knowledge, none for City Engine and Unity
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QUESTION

How might I augment existing curriculum to grow spatial thinking, improve spatial design, and solidify fundamental landscape planning concepts (using new and fun techniques)?

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TASK(S)

Develop a City

  • Using a design process
  • Learning about data needs
  • Real-time interaction &

feedback

Develop our City

  • City of Manhattan, KS
  • Implement CityEngine

“wireframe”

  • Aggieville representation
  • Unity Migration
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METHODSsimcity

  • Game-based pedagogy

(with no game training)

  • Team-based
  • Objectives: budget, approval rating,

population size, creativity

  • Unlimited funds
  • Trial edition (4 hour limit)
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WATER AIR POLLUTION EDUCATION FIRE RISK WIND POTENTIAL RESOURCES (IRON ORE)

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RESULTSsimcity

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Mix residential, Isolated industrial (down wind); Transit-oriented development, Rapid transit on loop, to: maximize happiness

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METHODScityengine

Develop our City

  • City of Manhattan, KS
  • Implement City Engine “wireframe”
  • Aggieville representation
  • Unity Migration
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RESULTScityengine

  • Completed development of GIS dataset
  • Infastructure representation
  • CityEngine wireframe and Unity Integration
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DISCUSSIONsimcity

  • Excellent learning opportunity
  • Need to (slightly) modify game conditions

How enjoyable was the experience working with SimCity in class? (4.8, +0.4 of 5.0) How useful was the SimCity exercise for understanding the use of geospatial information for decision making and/or suitability analyses (4.4, +0.6 of 5.0)

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DISCUSSIONcityengine

How enjoyable was the experience working with CityEngine in class (3.5, +1.1 of 5)? Would you have like to spend more time working with CityEngine (4.1, +0.9 or 5.0)?

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CONCLUSION

  • Continued use of SimCity
  • Excellent tool for data-informed design
  • CityEngine integration requires course overhaul
  • Useful tool for visualization
  • Students are interested, but lose attention quickly
  • Requires new set of tutorials and training
  • A qualitative improvement in spatial thinking, design,

and understanding of fundamental landscape planning concepts.

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  • Dr. Brent Chamberlain

Landscape Architecture & Regional and Community Planning Kansas State University http://brentchamberlain.org DLA Conference 2015 June 6, 2015