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by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
The barrier to entry just keeps getting lower for for architects, engineers and construction professionals to further employ MMO (massively, multi-player, online) environments in design collaboration, education, visualization and architectural discourse. Here are a few bits and pieces of the puzzle that I’m keeping an eye on.
by Jon Brouchoud | Oct 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Check out Adam Frisby’s post about OpenSim achieving 85 avatars on a single OpenSim this week, and their hopes of reaching 100 or even 150. According to the post, these major performance and stability enhancements are largely due to 3 fixes – 1.)...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
If you’re curious about how the OpenSim platform might be useful in your art, architecture or design related projects, we will be holding an informal open house this Wednesday, September 23rd at 9am PDT on the Architecture Islands grid. Here is the event’s...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sims at a fraction of the cost? No prim size limits? Saving and restoring entire sims to and from my own hard drive? OpenSim is where its at, and its improving at a pretty impressive rate. With the likes of IBM, Intel, Microsoft and even Linden Lab itself making contributions toward strengthening OpenSim, it certainly seems to have a chance at making it to prime time if it hasn’t already. We’re now offering 6 sims at $150/month on the OpenSim Architecture Grid…
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Thanks so much for all of the thoughts and comments many of you have shared. I’ve combined several comments to the original post in order to help clarify a few points. First of all – I’m definitely not leaving Second Life or virtual worlds!...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
First off…if you’re currently renting parcels on Architecture Islands, have no fear! Your prims are safe with me! However, I have given a lot of thought to my priorities and objectives in virtual worlds, and I’ve come to the conclusion that...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
The virtual winds of change are blowing, and its time to re-activate, refresh, and re-invent many of the various efforts associated with this blog, Architecture Islands, the in-world RL Architects group, and more. In the days ahead, I plan to introduce a more...
