by Jon Brouchoud | Oct 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
The AEC Hackathon is upon us, and if you’re an AEC geek reading this post, you need to drop everything and book tickets to San Francisco for November 8th through the 10th. No, seriously. Go do it. Now!
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
This could be quite useful for troubleshooting problems on-site during construction as well. I can imagine a contractor scanning an area in question, enabling the architect to open a 3D model of the structure from a computer back at the office, and being able to rotate and orbit around the model to better understand it’s context, then suggesting solutions by mapping additional 3D information into the model, or folding it into the project’s Building Information Model and doing a differential comparison to find possible solutions.
by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
Check out this video demonstrating the use of a Kinect within the Unity3D editor (hat tip @andyhughes, and more in the Unity forum). I wish I had sometime to jot down a few additional thoughts, but the video speaks for itself. 2011 is going to be an exciting year...
by Jon Brouchoud | Nov 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
$2,000 is the current bounty for free/open Microsoft Kinect drivers (via Adafruit Industries), which really jarred some memories for me. Whatever happened to ‘Hands Free 3D’ – the “prototypical interface” that enabled the control of...