the sterile, blind-to-life, top-down perspective of the city vs the thriving, full-of-life, eye-level perspective of the citypic.twitter.com/zkrLlspOgk
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something tucked away in every little corner exploration and discovery intimate moments, a slice of life a place to meet friends and do things togetherpic.twitter.com/bNjd1Xgq9Z
city drawn by man trying very hard not to be horny VERSUS city drawn by man who is quite comfortable with his horny, indulges on occasion
lmaooooooo
can't unsee it
I mean its the second one but ngl the first also looks sweet
might get a bit stale and repetitive when you're up close and walking around in it, I think
build me one and I'll let you know
The first one looks like it was drawn by someone who enjoys flying an airplane over cities. Which is also fun, but maybe not the best design guide.
it reminds me of the hypothetical guy-who-wants-better-transit-but-not-for-him
tbf if "fly an airplane everywhere" was a realistic option I would totally do it but
We're so close to having viable automated sky taxis based on electric multiprop drone tech, only thing really holding it back at this point is batteries.
https://workhorse.com/surefly is a hybrid version (diesel generator), supposed to have a 70mi range. Biggest hurdle is probably you need a pilot's license for it (plus it'll be >$100k).
I don't tend to think these will be average consumer items unless there's a big propulsion/power tech break through, but I can see them providing cross-city rapid transport on a shared basis. Plug in where you want to go on an app and the entire flight is automated.
To do this safely and efficiently in a city at all it'd pretty much need to be fully automated in terms of traffic control. I don't think human ATC operators and small craft pilots could do it safely at all.
I'm not really convinced automation could do it either. AFAICT autopilot in helicopters isn't nearly that good (in small drones it is, but they have a much easier job). Small numbers could be handled by existing PPL/ATC system; larger would be hard.
the second one!
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