Fantastic New Documentary Captures the Potential of Architectural Education and Collaboration in Virtual Environments
Over the past six months, Draxtor Despres has been carefully documenting the collaborative work of students from Ain Shams University and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles – led by Amr Attia, David Denton, and Kara Bartelt. Drax is partnering...EXPLORE IT! Career Academy: Immersive, Interactive Education in Second Life and OpenSim
The machinima featured above does a great job of showcasing the new ExploreIt! project, opening this weekend (more info about the opening event below!). Santa Barbara City College challenged us to figure out how to leverage the immersive capacity of a virtual...Video Coverage of U.S. State Department Hosted Panel: Architectural Design and International Collaboration in Virtual Worlds
What an honor it was to have been included in this panel discussion, and to have a chance to hear more about the exciting work being done by the other panelists using virtual worlds in professional architectural practice and education. I think it was an important and...The United States Department of State to host panel discussion for international audience: Architectural Design and International Collaboration in Virtual Worlds
The United States Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs invites you to attend: “Architectural Design and International Collaboration in Virtual Worlds.” The panel will discuss how architects utilize virtual technologies for international development partnerships. Panelists from various countries will explore the efficiency of virtual worlds and shared 3D design platforms as environments conducive to cross-cultural collaboration.
Real Architecture in Virtual Environments: How to Profit from Virtual Environments – Second Life Event
This Second Life event should be a pretty interesting, held October 2nd at 12 PM PDT, 21:00 PM CEDT, at this slurl. It will be moderated by Roy Philbin from Second Interest, and features the following panel: Kirsten Kiser, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of arcspace.com...Architecture: The Impossible Made Possible – Screenshots from the Tour and Panel Discussion
Here is a slideshow (link) from today’s panel/tour – “Architecture: The Impossible Made Possible,” organized by Bettina Tizzy and Not Possible in Real Life (NPIRL). Thank you Bettina, and to all who...
Dispatch from Cairo #3
Submitted by David Denton, AIA – http://www.daviddenton.com Actually this dispatch is from California. We have just returned after five weeks in Cairo. We came home feeling good about what we accomplished. Our final presentation took place at the client’s home,...
Dispatch from Cairo #2
We are starting our fifth week of work here in Cairo. Construction proceeds in SL. We are rapidly running out of prims. The design is starting to be dictated by what looks best with the fewest prims – not an ideal situation. We anticipate a major presentation to our...
Dispatch from Cairo: a Message from DB Bailey (David Denton Architect)
Written by DB Bailey (David Denton Architect): In the larger sense, I don’t know why we are here. Two years ago, my name appeared on a short list of international architects approved by the Egyptian government for planning projects here. My first reaction was...