{"id":74,"date":"2026-02-08T13:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/UDT\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:39:56","slug":"74-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/UDT\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Digital Twin Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n  \/* --- UDT THEME VARIABLES --- *\/\n  :root {\n    --udt-primary: #003135;\n    --udt-secondary: #024950;\n    --udt-accent: #964734;\n    --udt-highlight: #0FA4AF;\n    --udt-light: #AFDDE5;\n    --udt-white: #FFFFFF;\n    --udt-black: #000000;\n    --udt-font-primary: 'Inter', sans-serif;\n    --udt-font-secondary: 'Playfair Display', serif;\n    --udt-spacing-xl: 2rem;\n  }\n\n  \/* Import Fonts *\/\n  @import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Inter:wght@300;400;500;600;700&family=Playfair+Display:wght@700&display=swap');\n\n  \/* --- GLOBAL CONTAINER STYLES --- *\/\n  .udt-home-container {\n    max-width: 1200px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    padding: 2rem 1rem;\n    font-family: var(--udt-font-primary);\n    color: var(--udt-black);\n    line-height: 1.6;\n    \/* Resetting some WP defaults *\/\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n  }\n  \n  .udt-home-container * {\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n  }\n\n\/* --- HERO SECTION UPDATED --- *\/\n.udt-hero {\n  position: relative;\n  width: 100%;\n  \/* 1920 \/ 800 = 2.4 *\/\n  aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 800; 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}\n    .udt-card-section { padding: 1.5rem; }\n    .udt-solution-img { width: 100%; height: auto; }\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"udt-home-container\">\n\n  <section class=\"udt-hero\">\n    <video \n  autoplay \n  muted \n  loop \n  playsinline \n  preload=\"auto\"\n  class=\"udt-hero-video\">\n    <source src=\"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/UDT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/city-animation-1.webm\" type=\"video\/webm\">\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n<\/video>\n    <div class=\"udt-hero-content\">\n      <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"udt-card-section\">\n    <div class=\"udt-heading-row\">\n      <div class=\"udt-accent-bar\"><\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"udt-card-title\">About UDT Lab<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"udt-paragraph\">\n      At the Urban Digital Twin (UDT) Lab, we are dedicated to driving digital transformation in urban and land planning through strategic consulting, cutting-edge research, and innovative prototype development. Based at the University of Central Florida, our lab specializes in UDT and Planning Support Science, focusing on creating smart and sustainable cities of the future.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"udt-card-section\">\n    <div class=\"udt-heading-row\">\n      <div class=\"udt-accent-bar\"><\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"udt-card-title\">Context<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"udt-paragraph\">\n      Cities are complex systems and fast-growing, which challenge urban planners and designers to clearly understand the interconnection of their economic, ecological, and demographic changes. Over the past three decades, many technological innovations have been produced to support the process of city planning, design, and management.\n    <\/p>\n    <p class=\"udt-paragraph\">\n      However, these technologies have yet to reflect the reality and complexity of urban systems. The problem is that urban data, modeling, and visualization systems are fragmented and limited to their data formats, with limited interoperability. In addition, most of the current planning support systems provide an abstract representation of cities and lack real-time data, which does not help an evidence-based and data-driven planning, design, and decision-making process.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"udt-card-section\">\n    <div class=\"udt-heading-row\">\n      <div class=\"udt-accent-bar\"><\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"udt-card-title\">What we do<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"udt-paragraph\">\n      We conduct cutting-edge research and develop Urban Digital Twin, which is an innovative PRODUCT that transforms the PROCESS of Urban Planning and Design. This Digital Infrastructure enables the data and city model interoperability to mirror the process of city changes and provide more realistic insight for decision-makers.\n    <\/p>\n    <div class=\"udt-solution-row\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"udt-solution-img\" src=\"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/UDT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Photorealistic_Altamonte-Springs-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photorealistic Altamonte Springs\" \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"udt-solution-img\" src=\"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/UDT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UDT-Disease-Transmission-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"UDT Disease Transmission\" \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"udt-solution-img\" src=\"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/UDT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/udt-path-scaled.png\" alt=\"UDT Path\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"udt-card-section\">\n    <div class=\"udt-heading-row\">\n      <div class=\"udt-accent-bar\"><\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"udt-card-title\">Capabilities<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <ul class=\"udt-capabilities-list\">\n      \n      <li class=\"udt-capability-item\">\n        <h3 class=\"udt-cap-title\">Planning Support Systems<\/h3>\n        <p class=\"udt-cap-desc\">\n          \u2022 Automated Development Control Approval<br \/>\n          \u2022 3D modeling and scenario building for Development Envelop Control\n        <\/p>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"udt-capability-item\">\n        <h3 class=\"udt-cap-title\">Urban Data Infrastructure and Analytics<\/h3>\n        <p class=\"udt-cap-desc\">\n          \u2022 Multi-modal (structured\/unstructured) and multi-dimensional (2D, 3D, Real-Time) data integration and analysis<br \/>\n          \u2022 Composable and modular urban digital twin system architecture<br \/>\n          \u2022 Urban sustainability and resiliency analysis<br \/>\n          \u2022 Urban disease transmission analysis<br \/>\n          \u2022 Camera imagery and recording location accuracy<br \/>\n          \u2022 Geospatial AI applications for sustainable and smart cities\n        <\/p>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"udt-capability-item\">\n        <h3 class=\"udt-cap-title\">Environmentally Sustainable Design<\/h3>\n        <p class=\"udt-cap-desc\">\n          \u2022 Urban heat and pollution analysis<br \/>\n          \u2022 Urban energy modeling and analysis\n        <\/p>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"udt-capability-item\">\n        <h3 class=\"udt-cap-title\">Infrastructure Planning and Development<\/h3>\n        <p class=\"udt-cap-desc\">\n          \u2022 Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), the built environment and pedestrian interactions<br \/>\n          \u2022 Smart airport, metaverse, and digital twins\n        <\/p>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"udt-capability-item\">\n        <h3 class=\"udt-cap-title\">GeoDesign<\/h3>\n        <p class=\"udt-cap-desc\">\n          \u2022 Extended Reality (XR) for participatory urban planning and design<br \/>\n          \u2022 Web-based geospatial platforms and analytics for multi-stakeholder tasks\n        <\/p>\n      <\/li>\n\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"udt-card-section\">\n    <div class=\"udt-heading-row\">\n      <div class=\"udt-accent-bar\"><\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"udt-card-title\">UDT&#8217;s Research &#038; Development Focus<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"udt-focus-img-container\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"udt-focus-img\" src=\"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/UDT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/smart-delivery.png\" alt=\"Smart Delivery\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your browser does not support the video tag. 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