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Government Office for Science, Future of Cities Foresight Project

  looks into the opportunities and challenges that UK cities will be facing over the next 50 years.

caption: Virtual NewcastleGateshead | 51 VRV Studio

One of the many activities from this Foresight Project is “” developed by Prof M. Tewdwr-Jones and Prof. J Goddard and Dr. Paul Cowie from Newcastle University. This recently published  report explores the future of cities over the next 50 years by looking in detail at the prospects for Newcastle as a test bed for this new methodology.  And 51’s VRV Studio is given approval to decipher these different scenarios, from the report, into visualisations. These visualisations will support knowledge exchange and public engagement activities for the Newcastle Futures Project and will establish a methodology for these types of visualisations.  You can watch the final visualisation below.



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