by Jon Brouchoud | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Arch Virtual provides real-time architectural visualization services for architects, real estate developers, construction companies and anyone who wants to experience and explore a building in a unique and immersive way.
by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve been experimenting with a wide variety of design concepts for Oculus Rift environments, and wanted to share one of my test builds. You can download it here.
by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Oculus Rift completely changes the game. The very instant I stepped inside of our Revit model, I realized just how different the ‘in-world’ experience was from the drawings we were producing! It was a night and day difference.
by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Check out this realtime virtual tour of Villa Tugenhdat, by famed architect Mies van der Rohe, build published to Flash with Unity3D.
by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Using video games to visualize architecture? Why not? That’s what Main Street MMO is all about.
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am very excited to announce the launch of our new Arch Tech Engine (intro video above), a technology that transforms buildings, cities and geography into realtime 3D environments that are easily accessible, and can be embedded on your website, or deployed to a tablet.
by Jon Brouchoud | Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Below the fold are some additional points raised by YouTube, Twitter and blog commenters. One additional point I want to make is the distinction between Unity3D best practices for game design vs. best practices for architectural visualization.
by Jon Brouchoud | Nov 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
There’s a fantastic snippet in this video, about 2 minutes and 58 seconds in, that does a great job of capturing the spirit of this project. This is a group of senior citizens looking at the virtual world of Second Life projected on a wall in front of them, and...
by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
This video shows French architecture students presenting virtual designs they developed during a week-long ‘intensive’ at Paris-Malaquais using the virtual world Second Life. The presentations were made during the ARCHI21 presentation at the VWBPE conference.
by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Daden Limited’s new white paper, ‘Virtual Worlds and the Built Environment’ (download here) provides an insightful overview of several Second Life case studies relating to architecture, engineering and construction industry projects, along with descriptions of what make virtual worlds a useful tool for AEC industry projects.