dc.contributor.author | Skates, Henry | |
dc.contributor.author | Wood, Peter | |
dc.contributor.editor | Shannon, Susan; Soebarto, Veronica; Williamson, Terry | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-07T23:13:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-07T23:13:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/165064 | |
dc.description.abstract | The computer game The Sims is the most popular computer game in the history of the genre. This paper examines what it is about this game that makes it so popular and asks how this might be relevant as an example of simulation technology. Furthermore it is argued that this the game manipulates the 'abstraction' of the game play through the apparent crudity of the graphic interface. It is suggested that a 'gap', or distancing, from an image has always been a component of non-digital architectural drawing. Typically architects have relied on a pictorial abstraction between a drawing of a building and an actually building, and if seen as expressions of 'building simulation' offer examples of the limitations in pure mathematical simulation. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | ANZAScA | |
dc.publisher.place | Adelaide, Australia | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://anzasca.net/paper/2006-conference-proceedings/ | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename | ANZAScA 2006: Challenges for architectural science in changing climates | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitle | ANZAScA 2006 : Challenges for architectural science in changing climates: proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association | |
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom | 2006-11-22 | |
dc.relation.ispartofdateto | 2006-11-24 | |
dc.relation.ispartoflocation | Adelaide, Australia | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 201 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 206 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Architectural Design | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 120101 | |
dc.title | Lessons on Architectural Simulation Taken from Drawing and Gaming | |
dc.type | Conference output | |
dc.type.description | E1 - Conferences | |
dc.type.code | E - Conference Publications | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2006 The Architectural Science Association. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this conference please refer to the conference’s website or contact the author(s). | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Skates, Henry | |