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First impressions of Oculus Rift: Architectural Visualization, Second Life, and beyond

10Apr2013 8 Comments Categories:Oculus RiftTags: architecture, details, education, experience, military, oculus rift, opensim, revit, second life, simulation, training, virtual reality

I wish I had more time to write out a more extensive review of the Rift, but here are my first impressions:
You absolutely feel as if you are transported to another place, to the point where it’s almost scary.

13 Predictions for 2013

01Jan2013 0 Comments Categories:UncategorizedTags: 3D, apple, AR, augmented reality, brouchoud, dan pinchbeck, dear esther, education, edward castronova, enterprise, game development, google, hamlet, julie uhrman, military, new world notes, occulus, opensim, ouya, rift, second life, serious games, unreal, virtual reality, VR, will goldstone

I generally tend to be bullish on the future of virtual technologies, but I just don’t see 2013 being a big year for this industry. I think we will likely see more of the same across the board. That doesn’t necessarily mean it will be a bad year for developers, it just won’t be a [...]

2012 Prediction Results

01Jan2013 0 Comments Categories:UncategorizedTags: apple, apps, AR, augmented reality, brouchoud, cloud party, game development, google, mobile, occulus, opensim, ouya, playstation, predictions, rift, second life, tablet, unity3d, virtual reality, VR, webgl, XBox

I think I can build a strong case that I got 10 out of 12 accurate this year. Let’s see how it played out:

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.

$60 OpenSim Prefab Regions: The Elements Series

02Mar2012 0 Comments Categories:jon brouchoud, opensimTags: art, brouchoud, business, classroom, conference, discount, education, element, enterprise, kitely, minimal, modern, opensim, opensimulator, outdoor, pavilion, prefab, prim, professional, region, serious, trees

These sim packages are designed to provide flexible, modern environments for learning, enterprise, and private development in OpenSim and are now available at a significantly discounted rate. Each full sim package is just $60 USD, and is delivered as an opensim OAR file. Payments must be made via PayPal, and orders can be placed by [...]

12 Arch Virtual Predictions for 2012

02Jan2012 0 Comments Categories:game development, Linden Lab, opensim, second life, unity3dTags: 2012, 3D, Android, AR, augmented reality, education, facebook, google, government, head mounted display, hmd, iPad, Linden Lab, military, online, opensim, predictions, second life, tablet, unity3d, virtual

Thoughts and predictions around our newly emerging app-etite, new shiny things, HMD, AR and.. what’s in a name?

Results of Arch Virtual’s 2011 New Year’s Predictions: 7 out of 11

01Jan2012 0 Comments Categories:UncategorizedTags: arch virtual, augmented reality, autodesk, avatar, game, html5, mobile, new year, opensim, predictions, second life, unity3d, virtual worlds, webgl

I didn’t do too bad on last year’s predictions (read the full post here).

$85 million Rutgers School of Business recreated virtually with Unity3D game engine

10Nov2011 2 Comments Categories:opensim, second life, unity3d, Use Cases + ExamplesTags: 3D, arch virtual, architecture, BIM, blueprints, CAD, CG, computer graphics, engine, game, model, opensim, realtime, replication, second life, simulation, SL, ten arquitectos, unity3d, university, virtual, visualization, walk-through

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Check out this virtual preview of the new $85 million Rutgers School of Businesses, designed by Ten Arquitectos and replicated with the Unity3D game engine.

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.

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