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Oculus Rift Sketch Installation (free download)

16Apr2013 3 Comments Categories:Oculus RiftTags: animation, architecture, design, jon brouchoud, oculus rift

I’ve been experimenting with a wide variety of design concepts for Oculus Rift environments, and wanted to share one of my test builds. You can download it here.

15 Tips for Freelance Work in Games and Virtual Worlds Development

30Jan2013 1 Comment Categories:virtual workplaceTags: advice, arch virtual, contract, education, exclusive rights, freelance, freelancer, freelancing, game development, games, health care, independent, indie, jon brouchoud, learning, nda, networking, non disclosure agreement, pecha kucha, retainer, retirement, serious games, standing desk, tips, tricks, virtual worlds, web worker

I love being a freelancer. I’ve been lucky enough to get away with it off for 9 out of the past 10 years, and wouldn’t have it any other way. However, it hasn’t always been easy – especially the first few years. There were so many hard earned lessons and missed opportunities that could easily have been avoided had I known better at the time. That’s what this post is all about.

New Virtual Learning and Workplace Campuses for Avaya with Gronstedt Group

29Jan2013 0 Comments Categories:virtual architecture, virtual worldTags: architecture, auditorium, avayalive engage, cafe, campus, collaboration, corporate, e-learning, gronstedt group, jon brouchoud, library, office, security, sharing, simulation, training, virtual, voice, web, web alive, workplace

During the past several months, I’ve had the privilege of working with Gronstedt Group and their clients at Avaya on a variety of immersive learning, training and workplace environments. Projects included 2 full campus areas, complete with libraries, auditoriums, office spaces and training rooms. These projects were realized using Avaya’s own AvayaLive Engage multi-user platform.

A Framework for Utilizing Realtime 3D Applications in Architectural Practice and Urban Design

The technologies and demand for realtime 3D visualization in architectural design and urban planning will almost certainly be commonplace in the years ahead, but realizing the full breadth of what is possible when realtime 3D is combined with multi-user, online user-generated environments will require a paradigm shift.

ARCHI CHAT: Open discussion with Q&A based on 3 case studies involving Unity3D, Second Life and OpenSim for real world architecture projects

26Mar2012 1 Comment Categories:opensim, rl architecture, second life, unity3dTags: 3D, archi21, architecture, collaboration, critimpact, customer-created design, dubuque, jon brouchoud, opensim, participatory, rutgers, second life, unity3d, visualization

Jon Brouchoud, of Arch Virtual invites you to an open discussion with questions and answers based around 3 recent case studies of real world architectural projects that have made use of 3D immersive technologies in architectural practice and collaboration.

Realtime Cities Initiative: Virtual Dubuque

06Feb2012 1 Comment Categories:arch tech engine, architectural resources, architecture, BIM, community, engineering, gehry technologies, jon brouchoud, machinima, urban planning, virtual architectureTags: 3D, archtech engine, archvirtual, augmented reality, buildings, CG, city, computer, design, developer, dubuque, education, flash, geography, government, graphics, illustration, interactive, iowa, jon brouchoud, main street, planning, real estate, real time, realtime, rendering, simulation, tour, unity3d, urban, virtual, visualization, walk-through

Introducing Virtual Dubuque, a premiere development of our new Virtual Cities initiative. This new community resource will provide free and easy to access windows into interactive, customizable 3D models of cities.

Introducing the ArchTech Engine: Transforming buildings, cities and geography into realtime 3D environments

19Jan2012 0 Comments Categories:arch tech engine, architecture, unity3d, urban planningTags: AEC, animation, arch tech engine, arch virtual, architecture, archtech, BIM, building, CAD, CG, chris collins, city, collaboration, communication, computer, construction, education, engineering, game engine, geography, jon brouchoud, military, multi-player, planning, prototype, simulation, technology, tipodean, training, unity, unity3d, urban, video, virtual, voice, voip, walk-through

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.

Converting your OpenSim island into Unity3D

13Jul2011 0 Comments Categories:UncategorizedTags: 3D, chris collins, collada, convert, jon brouchoud, mesh, opensim, tipodean, unity, unity3d, virtual

Tipodean Technologies is pleased to announce the launch of a service that can convert your OpenSim islands to COLLADA to run directly in Unity3d. With OpenSim content converted and imported into Unity3D, it can then be run within a Web site, Android/IOS, or as a stand-alone executable to increase your deployment options.

Virtual Architecture 101: Design Fundamentals, Processes and Strategies for Virtual Worlds

24Feb2011 3 Comments Categories:Events + Landmarks, Getting Started + Tutorials, second life, virtual architectureTags: 101, architecture, e-learning, education, fundamentals, interactive, jon brouchoud, keystone bouchard, learning, opensim, second life, strategies, teaching, virtual

Virtual Architecture 101 is a free, interactive, self guided, educational installation in Second Life, designed to provide visitors with a sampling of architectural fundamentals, design processes, strategies and best practices for creating effective virtual world projects.

New Build and Upcoming Events in Unity3D / jibe

01Dec2010 1 Comment Categories:unity3dTags: gronstedt group, jibe, jon brouchoud, kyle gomboy, reactiongrid, train for success, unity3d

Tomorrow (Dec. 2nd), I’ll be joining Kyle Gomboy from ReactionGrid and Anders Gronstedt from Gronstedt Group for their ‘Train for Success‘ meeting. We will be meeting at the new space I recently finished for the Gronstedt Group – built with Unity3D, and published to ReactionGrid’s ‘jibe’ platform for multi-user access. You can access the build [...]

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