{"id":29865,"date":"2013-07-01T17:12:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T07:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=29865"},"modified":"2013-07-01T17:12:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T07:12:25","slug":"ubisoft-activates-watch_dogs-wearedata-a-hyper-connected-experiential-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=29865","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Activates Watch_Dogs WeareData, A Hyper Connected Experiential Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Sydney, Australia \u2014 July 1, 2013 \u2014<\/b> Ubisoft has announced the launch of <i>Watch_Dogs\u2019<\/i> WeareData, an experiential website designed to gather and graph the publicly available data that govern people\u2019s lives in a single location. WeareData is initially available for the cities of Berlin, London and Paris.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ubx70otALIg?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In <i>Watch_Dogs<\/i>, the highly anticipated open world action game from Ubisoft, the fictionalised city of Chicago is run by a Central Operating System (CTOS), linking all of the city\u2019s online infrastructures and public security installations to one centralised hub. Information is at the heart of the game and also at the heart of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchdogsgame.com\/wearedata\">WeareData<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With<a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchdogsgame.com\/wearedata\"> WeareData<\/a>, visitors will discover that much of the hyper-connected world imagined in <i>Watch_Dogs <\/i>already is a reality, and that everything and everyone is truly connected. The amount of and potential uses for public and personal information that is readily available online has never been more relevant, as evidenced by today\u2019s headlines. WeareData is designed to provide a glimpse into this reality and to give visitors a new perspective on the cities in which they live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchdogsgame.com\/wearedata\"><i>Watch_Dogs\u2019<\/i> WeareData<\/a> allows users to access the real-time data that organise and help run the cities of Berlin, London and Paris, as well current information on their inhabitants. Via a 3D mapping system, the consolidated, openly available information that can be easily viewed includes public transport schedules (such as subways and public bicycles), telecommunications networks (including mobile antennas, WiFi spots and advertising networks), energy consumption, traffic and safety infrastructure (like CCTV cameras and traffic lights) and regionalised socioeconomic data (such as average net income, unemployment rate and crime rate).\u00a0 Also available are geo-localised social media activities for the cities\u2019 residents, including their public posts on Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>To discover the website please visit: <a title=\"http:\/\/wearedata.watchdogs.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/wearedata.watchdogs.com\/\">http:\/\/wearedata.watchdogs.com\/<\/a> via any Internet browser, even on smartphones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p><i>Watch_Dogs<\/i> will hit store shelves in Australia and New Zealand on November 21 on PlayStation<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>3, Xbox 360<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Wii U\u2122 system from Nintendo and Windows PC, and will be available around launch on PlayStation<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>4 and Xbox One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, Australia \u2014 July 1, 2013 \u2014 Ubisoft has announced the launch of Watch_Dogs\u2019 WeareData, an experiential website designed to gather and graph the publicly available data that govern people\u2019s lives in a single location. WeareData is initially available for the cities of Berlin, London and Paris. 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