by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
If there was ever any doubt that virtual worlds have a place in architectural practice and education, this month’s special issue of ITcon presents a staggering amount of content that is sure to help promote the use of virtual worlds and game engines within AEC industries and beyond. The Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon) is a peer-reviewed scholarly publication recently published a special issue dedicated to the use of virtual world technology in architecture, civil engineering and facility management.
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by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Veteran-Civilian Dialogue space would soon be hosting some of the deepest and potentially life-changing conversations on the grid, and the architecture of this space would need to play an integral role in organizing, nurturing and encouraging a variety of emotionally powerful experiences. This is the story of the creation of the virtual VCD space, and how the architecture of this space would need to play an integral role in organizing, nurturing and encouraging a variety of emotionally powerful experiences.
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by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dust off your prims folks, we’re kicking off a public building jam session on Architecture Island in Second Life, focused on the seed theme ‘Amalgamate’ (to mix or merge as to make a combination; blend; unite’ combine). Head over to...
by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
[Updated: No Longer Available – New Updated Kit Coming Soon!]
by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
A truly remarkable, bar-raising project that demonstrates the power and potential for architectural collaboration and education in virtual environmnents. More about the project HERE, HERE, and HERE – along with this write-up inArchitectural Record earlier this...
by Jon Brouchoud | Nov 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
[Update – Kits 1 and 2 are no longer available, but a new updated Kit will be available soon!]
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by Jon Brouchoud | Oct 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
[UPDATE: We have now published an eBook about Architectural Visualization with Unity3D (including a chapter about Oculus Rift) that can be purchased HERE.] I’ve been swamped these past few weeks with a variety of projects in Unity3D, Second Life, and OpenSim...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Texts written 20 years ago on architecture in cyberspace are as accurate and inspiring today as they were then, but where are the cyberspace architects now?
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by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Here are several before and after images of the ‘Porchdog’ residence, prototyped in Second Life by the Architecture in Virtual Worlds community. We built a virtual replica of this original design by Marlon Blackwell Architects, which was published to Open...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Egyptian and American architecture students recently completed a course using the virtual world Second Life to facilitate long distance collaboration within an online, realtime 3D environment. With funding from the U.S. State Department, California-based...
