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by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
Everywhere I turn these days, someone is reminding me that virtual worlds like Second Life or Opensim will never reach ‘mainstream’ adoption until everyday ordinary web users can access them through special plug-ins downloaded for those precious 2d web...
by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I posted a video showing how my Revit model was imported into realxtend by Visibuild. It generated lots of interest and traffic, suggesting to me that model interoperability is an important priority for lots of us. Shortly after posting that my...
by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Last week, I wrote about MellaniuM’s use of the Unreal engine in architectural visualization. Yesterday, the American Insitute of Architect’s newsletter AIArchitect covers another story about virtual worlds, this time about HKS’s decision to license...
by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
“This is an introduction by Lauren Stokes to Architecture For Humanity’s own interactive digital globe that will host models from their Open Architecture Network. Using X3D Earth and Open Street Map, web3D students sponsored by GeoSherpa are helping...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
In June, when I was on a panel discussion with Eric Gordon, during Linden Lab’s birthday celebration, I was very inspired and impressed with his work – especially given my own interest in the use of virtual worlds for collaboration. Now they are taking on...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
In a recent post, Caleb Booker suggests: “Wider adoption by architects is long overdue. Initial experiments in fast prototyping of architectural designs, and of bringing clients on very early tours, is very promising.” Obviously, we couldn’t agree...
