Virtual Model

Now you can discover Finlandia Park virtually. The plans for the southern part of the Park are almost ready and this is how it could look like – once the trees have grown. Preconstruction should start this autumn. The southern parks will be completed in 2012.

This sort of interactive virtual presentation is the first of its kind on the City of Helsinki pages. Our aim is to enlarge the model and perhaps in the future offer opportunities to visit the interiors of the buildings in the Park.

This virtual model has been prepared by architect Petri Kokko (Studio of Modern Architecture S.O.M.A.) in co-operation with the City. Click the Feedback button on the front page for giving feedback.

See the video

General Instructions

When accessing virtual Finlandia Park, you can choose two interface options:
1) Web browser version with a plug-in or,
2) Stand-alone version (exe 39 MB)

 
The web browser version will ask you to install first a Unity plug-in program. The access browser can be either be Internet Explorer, Fire Fox or Safari on a PC or Mac platform. You need to have administrator install rights for your computer to install the plug-in. If you are a member of a company or organization and you do not have administration rights, please ask for help from your IT department.
 
The standalone version is a zipped executable (‘exe’) file which needs to be fully loaded on your computer. After installation of the zipped executable file simply double-click the file and start the presentation. Please note that "exe" file will not install anything on your computer, it will be run only on the computer memory.

Please note, however, that company firewalls might be set so that exe-files are not allowed to be downloaded, even as the zip-file format. In such cases you may need to ask the advice of your IT department.
 
Since virtual Finlandia Park is a full 3D virtual world, either the plug-in or the exe version is needed to access the program. Accessing Finlandia Park on a home computer should be a straightforward process. Please let us know if you have any difficulties to get system up and running.

Avatar Selector

• Avatar is a human 3D model, which gives a relative scale to other parts of the virtual world of Finlandia Park. (Later it can be shown to other connected users).
• Select any of available Avatar characters and change clothes colors.
• After selecting Avatar, click OK and Finlandia park will be opened to you.

Movement:

• To walk around use "W", "A", "S" and "D" or arrow keys.
• Press the “Shift” key simultaneously and your Avatar will run.

Looking

• Press the right mouse button and move the mouse; the view will change (Try simultaneously use WASD or arrow keys; it is easy to smoothly move around).
• Scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.

Emotes:

• You can perform different actions with your Avatar by holding down one of the emotes buttons.

Quit

• You will be logged out and the program will close.

Camera type:

• To view the surroundings through your Avatar's eyes select the "First Person" camera type.
• To view the surroundings from behind your Avatar select the "Third Person" camera type.
• To navigate inside the Finlandia Park environment freely select the "Flying Camera" camera type.

Animations:

• To watch a pre-defined animation of the park from human perspective select "walkthrough".
• To watch a pre-defined animation of the park from the flying camera select "flythrough".

Additional features:

• To take a picture of the actual screen view and save it in selected location press the "screenshot" button.