February 5, 2009 by jmcdonou · Leave a Comment
Using the Source engine from Half-Life 2, researchers in the CS department at Durham University modeled their own building to use for virtual fire drills, to familiarize people with exit paths and look for problems in the building design. BBC has the details. I think it’s fairly clear at this point that game engines are going to end up being the primary platform for the majority of 3D modeling and simulation activity.
