by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
It happened exactly 1 year, to the day I first contacted Jani Pirkola former project manager of the Realxtend team. I heard rumors late in 2007 that they had goals to accelerate the development of the ‘opensim’ platform, and one of their priorities was 3D...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Architect Designs Sony’s Virtual World: http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jan2009/gb20090123_837565.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_global+business (hat tip to Bettina Tizzy for finding this) The battle to rebuild London has...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHWMapSAHSU] This just in from Hidenori Watanave (including video above): “Yesterday I invited “Atelier Ten Architects” for my laboratory of Tokyo Metropolitan University, and they made a special lecture of...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
WOW. If you couldn’t join us today, I strongly urge you to make some time to check this project out. To truly comprehend the depth and history of this project, you have to spend some time there. It takes some time to develop… it came to me in layers. ...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Assuming I have established a viable case for the 3D virtual workplace in post 1 and 2, what about the actual planning, design and virtual architecture required to support it? What are the new characteristics of this environment that deserve consideration when...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Lets start with a brief thought trial before I get too far. Take a look at this familiar list of just some of the businesses who have, at some point, had a presence in Second Life: Accenture, AccuWeather, ABN AMRO, Aegon, Ajax Football Club, Alcatel Lucent, AMD,...
by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
[see also part 2 and part 3] I’m often asked if it is actually possible to make a living practicing virtual architecture in Second Life. As it turns out, I have indeed become quite a virtual Bedouin lately, and have been lucky enough to derive an equal or...
by Jon Brouchoud | Oct 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
For those of you who need basic SL skills the arcspace Builders Academy, run by Mater Rhodes, will be starting classes in SL Building Systems this month. Mater will be using voice and text. To sign up: Contact Mater Rhodes in...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 26, 2007 | Uncategorized
There’s still plenty of time to join the team! You don’t need any architectural experience, just a willingness to collaborate, learn and help people in the world who need it most. You can find a transcript of our first Wikitecture 3.0 project discussion...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
Read the full release here. Would you like to participate in the AMD Open Architecture Challenge on a global team of qualified and talented architects, designers and engineers? Studio Wikitecture invites you to just that. In keeping with the spirit of the Open...