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by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
If you have any interest or curiosity whatsoever about using Second Life or any other online, 3D, collaborative virtual environment for architectural prototyping or education, this is a must read success story. Construction has completed on designs first prototyped in...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Egyptian and American architecture students recently completed a course using the virtual world Second Life to facilitate long distance collaboration within an online, realtime 3D environment. With funding from the U.S. State Department, California-based...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today, Linden Lab announced that mesh imports, or the ability to import models created in external 3D modeling apps will be available for beta testing Q2 2010. For architects and other AEC professionals and educators, this has been the long awaited ‘holy...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
A virtual prototype of the proposed Rutgers Business School, designed by the internationally renowned architecture firm TEN Arquitectos (frequently covered by arcspace), will soon be opening in Second Life – commissioned by Rutgers University. A larger, more...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Can Studio Wikitecture win this thing?!? They’ve done it before, and they could do it again, but not without your help! The final entry is due Saturday, April 17th, but it definitely isn’t too late to join in the action and be sure your name is on the...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
For the longest time, I had given up on the possibility of using shadows persistently in Second Life, given that it crashed my viewer so often it wasn’t worth the hassle. But since enabling shadows in the new viewer 2.0, I haven’t crashed yet! While...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
While working on an architectural replication project in Second Life recently, I was using Google Street View to gain a better understanding of the building’s as-built exterior (where blueprints and CAD files fall short) and noticed that the street view pegman...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
I have a rather embarrassing confession to make, but I want to admit it before someone else calls me on it. During the last half of 2009, I was seriously addicted to Farmville. There is no excuse, but in all fairness, it happened during the holiday season, when my...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Hometta, a collective of award-winning architecture and design studios, will soon be launching an opensim-based grid called ‘H-Town,’ showcasing a virtual neighborhood modeled after the innovative, modern house plans they sell on their website. With...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I wrote about using the Unity3D game develop engine to import Revit Architecture models. I’ve since upgraded to Unity Pro, opening the doors to some even more powerful features. I really haven’t had a lot of time to spend on this, but I...
