by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
The building site is vacant, and construction hasn’t started yet, but thanks to Panoptic Taris’ new virtual reality experiences you can step inside the new building as if it were already built.
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Architecture in video games matters, and there is a right way and a wrong way to approach it. Games are chock full of buildings, but there is a tremendous deficit of ‘Architecture.’ Here are some thoughts on the importance and potential of architecture in game design and virtual worlds.
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 | Feb 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
$900 million facility prototyped in Second Life now under construction
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Following yesterday’s post about urban models generated from point clouds, I noticed this post on Digital Urban about the possibility of using Microsoft’s Photosynth as a way of capturing these point clouds (in this camporting those clouds as full 3D...
by Jon Brouchoud | Nov 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
As I roam the virtual frontier, I’m occasionally asked for advice about establishing a presence in Second Life, and I share the same bits of advice time and again. I thought I would share a summary of these points here for any readers considering the same, and...
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 | 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...