by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Are browser-based virtual environments the way of the future for virtual design visualization? Here is a brief overview of 4 of the many emerging platforms or related services to watch, and some thoughts about how they fit into the bigger picture of virtual worlds...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
The AIArchitect online resource for members of the American Institute of Architects recently published an excellent story about architecture in Second Life (read it here). In it, they talk about the work of Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco, Assoc. AIA, who is the dean of...
by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
“Here’s a photo by Olish Newman of “Venice, Italy”, a region on an OpenSim project called The New World Grid.” via New World Notes
by Jon Brouchoud | Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
In this podcast, I review some of the reasons I remain so optimistic about the future of virtual worlds, and describe the fundamental characteristics I believe make user-generated 3D worlds a game changing new standard every organization should be exploring –...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Darb Dabney is a veritable whirlwind of energy when it comes to mirroring Berkeley, California in a virtual environment. If avatars ever walk the streets of virtual Berkeley, there will be a gleeful Darb showing it off and giving tours! I am increasingly confident...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
I was absolutely blown away by the projects presented on this panel, and am relieved there seems to be consensus that we need to have more discussions like this soon. Just when I think I’ve got my finger on the pulse of professional architecture and design work...
by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
These past few months have brought about a rather exciting surge of announcements and renewed energy around the OpenSIM project, the open source virtual world platform. Though it is still alpha level code, the future potential is obvious, especially for those of us...
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...
