by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
looking forward to testing out @VastPark soon! # AIA Architects Handbook of Professional Practice, 1994 – “it is not uncommon for PC’s to be equipped with 8-16 megabytes of RAM” # AIA Architects Handbook of Professional Practice, 1994...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Have a project you want to promote? An idea, or screenshots to share? A new machinima you made? Why not use the social network behind The ARCH Network to promote and share? Its easy, and its free. Click HERE to get started! Here’s just a quick copy/paste...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
As we await the much anticipated launch of the new realXtend viewer, this teaser clip gives us a glimpse into what is to come. What’s cool about this is that realXtend features the capacity to importing Ogre .mesh format. With some know-how, just about any...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
RT @TASCHENAmerica @Guggenheim! follow them to hear about a Frank Lloyd Wright announcement coming next week # Architectural educators from around the world gather to discuss uses of virtual worlds and architectural education http://ow.ly/aSVa # Today at 1pm PDT:...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
If you aren’t already familiar with Studio Wikitecture, we are an open group, composed of a diverse range of individuals from varying disciplines, interested in exploring the application of an open-source paradigm to the design and production of both real and...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
This was a truly remarkable session, deserving of greater coverage than this post, but this is a start! The group first gathered at Moira Hunter’s ArchiTECool parcel on Architecture Island, then to a Studio Wikitecture demo, then on to tour the work that...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Saving millions with a Virtual Medical Center, for university level training and health care education: https://archvirtual.com/?p=1356 # I’m super sad that I couldn’t make it to @metaverseu this year! #metaverseu (metaverseu live >...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Check out this brief macinima showing highlights of a recent tour I went on with Dr. Scott Diener’s in his Virtual Medical Centre. It is a painstakingly detailed build, with an impressive range of scripted elements that simulate real life medical procedures....
by Jon Brouchoud | May 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Students of architecture explore virtual reality at the University of Auckland: http://tinyurl.com/qly2g6 # FBI experimenting in Second Life: http://tinyurl.com/oy6h5j # “84% of the AEC/construction industry is 2D” …. no wonder they’re so...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Submitted by David Denton, AIA – http://www.daviddenton.com Actually this dispatch is from California. We have just returned after five weeks in Cairo. We came home feeling good about what we accomplished. Our final presentation took place at the client’s home,...