by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
We’re back from Autodesk University in Vegas, where we had the opportunity to show some of our latest Oculus Rift projects to the AEC crowd there. Wow, was that ever fun! Exhibiting can be a boring, exhausting experience, but not with the Rift! From...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Arch Virtual provides real-time architectural visualization services for architects, real estate developers, construction companies and anyone who wants to experience and explore a building in a unique and immersive way.
by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Second Life is a killer app for Oculus VR. Now, before you skip ahead to post a comment about how SL has been overrun by furries and 14 year olds, take a moment to scroll through these screenshots, and watch some of the machinima below.
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
This long awaited ‘holy grail’ feature in Second Life has now finally arrived! The subject of numerous false starts, April fool’s jokes, and much controversy – it is now possible to import 3D models directly into Second Life.
by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
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.
by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
2010 was a year of growth and advancement for virtual environments, but it was also a time of uncertainty and transition. While I often refer to the metaverse as an open frontier, this year I kept thinking that we were still in a stage of discovery, and had only...
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 | Aug 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Thanks so much for all of the thoughts and comments many of you have shared. I’ve combined several comments to the original post in order to help clarify a few points. First of all – I’m definitely not leaving Second Life or virtual worlds!...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6DxA7UB7c] I’m not a techie guy, but I know what ‘import proper 3D models’ means, and I know what a tremendous impact it will have on our industry and beyond. We’ve heard about emulator plug-ins that...