Moving Forward
2024 · URBI
How Dubai moves, drawn from mobility data: several hundred thousand data points in every frame, animated in Houdini. Made at URBI.
The task
Made at URBI, as part of my work there: an animation of how the city moves, drawn from the company's own mobility data.
The result
A looping film of Dubai's streets pulsing through the day, several hundred thousand data points in every frame. Data prepared in Python, animated in Houdini, finished in After Effects.
My role: concept, data pipeline, Houdini animation.
- Client: URBI
- Several hundred thousand points per frame
- Houdini, Python, After Effects
- 2024
The film