Ubisoft launches experimental Watch_Dogs’ WeAreData website in Berlin, London and Paris

Ubisoft today announced the launch of the Watch_Dogs’ WeareData experimental website, “designed to gather and graph the publicly available data that govern people’s lives in a single location.” Sadly, the WeareData site will only work in the cities of Berlin, London and Paris initially.

“In Watch_Dogs, 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’s online infrastructures and public security installations to one centralised hub. Information is at the heart of the game and also at the heart of WeareData,” Ubisoft said.

The WeareData site is essentially a modern-day version of CTOS, providing publicly available data in Berlin, London and Paris on an easy to use map.

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“Watch_Dogs’ WeareData 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),” Ubisoft confirmed.

“Also available are geo-localised social media activities for the cities’ residents, including their public posts on Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram and Twitter,” Ubisoft continued.

There’s no word on when WeAreData will be available for other metropolitan areas.

Watch_Dogs is available in Australia and New Zealand from 21 November on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC, as well as on PS4 and Xbox One at their launches.