LogiCity A reallife climate change game Will you survive

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LogiCity A real-life climate change game
Will you survive?

• Dr Majid Al-Kader

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BACKGROUND

• DEFRA (Tomorrows Climate .. Today's Challenge
  initiative)
• Consortium
• National Energy Foundation
• British Gas
• Logicom
• Develop a game-based, virtual reality educational
  programme Climate Change
• Based on British Gas EnCon City
  (www.enconcity.com)

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British Gas EnCon City - www.enconcity.com)
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AIM

• Educational programme
• Play-and-Learn concept
• Experiment with life style options vs. CO2
  emissions
• Demonstrate how individual actions can effect
  climate change
• Change users attitude about climate change

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CONTENT

• Virtual Reality City (LogiCity)
• Typical UK city
• Travel to the future (2066)
• Travel back to present day
• Explore the city
• Accessing four scenarios/activities
• Home
• Office (High Energy)
• Travel (commute and leisure)
• Holiday

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CONTENT

• The project is based on scenarios developed by
  the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP), and
• Other well documented and peer-reviewed sources,
  showing the effects in terms of drought,
  flooding, vegetation, possible storm damage and
  rising sea levels.

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MILESTONES

• Started August 2006
• Version 1 May 2007
• Version 2 - November 2007
• Report to DEFRA February 2008

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COMMUINCATION CHANNELS

• Distributed freely via
• Various websites
• Gaming magazines
• Newspapers
• Media
• Other targets
• Educational establishments
• Offices
• Airports
• TV

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• More information
• www.logicity.co.uk

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• Programme Demonstration