[creesch]

It only seems fair to also include the previous block:

Ultimately, what we realized was that there had to be some visual way to bridge the gap between professional expertise (often confined to academic papers and reports) and public understanding.

Our virtual city of Colombo serves as a crude "Digital Twin," offering a platform to:

1. Visualize and understand current urban design issues

2. Test and communicate potential infrastructure changes

3. Explore the impact of policy decisions on traffic and population distribution

4. Educate students and the public about urban planning concepts

Note how it specifically mentions public understanding and education twice. If you want the public to be able to relate to such a simulation, you want it to look as close as possible to the real thing. Otherwise, it will just remain an abstract simulation in which people will have trouble recognizing their own city.