by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
This just in from Lotja Loon: Thursday, 07-17-2008, 22.00 h european time, Campus Seccondlearning, Indire http://slurl.com/secondlife/INDIRE/94/114/23 Antoni Gaudí – there are no straight lines in nature Antoni Gaudí (1852 – 1926), most outstanding...
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 | Jul 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
I was absolutely blown away by the projects presented on this panel, and am relieved there seems to be consensus that we need to have more discussions like this soon. Just when I think I’ve got my finger on the pulse of professional architecture and design work...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
If you are even remotely interested in the use of virtual worlds to augment the professional practice of architecture, you won’t want to miss this! On July 9th, at 2:00pm SL-time (PDT), Bernd Bötzel (Vision Planer in SL), architect, project developer and...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m super excited to have the opportunity to be on a panel for Second Life’s 5th birthday party, called “Urbanism, Architecture, Planning: How Second Life Can Help Build the Urban Landscape of the First Life–and Vice Versa” See you...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
One of the most frequently requested services I receive as a freelance builder and consultant in Second Life is to replicate real-life buildings. While I’ve written a lot (here, and here) about the potential for a new (non-replica) language of purely virtual...
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 | Feb 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6DxA7UB7c] I’m not a techie guy, but I know what ‘import proper 3D models’ means, and I know what a tremendous impact it will have on our industry and beyond. We’ve heard about emulator plug-ins that...