by Jon Brouchoud | May 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
To learn more about these parcels, or to get started, contact me at land@archvirtual.com, by phone, 608-219-9318, by Skype – keystone1111, or in Second Life – message Keystone Bouchard. Architecture Islands are rented by architects, designers, educators,...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
I recently met David Orban, Chief Evangelist at WideTag who hosted and moderated the Spime Design Workshops at Cisco in Second Life. The concept of Spimes is still new to me, but I think David did a great job leveraging the virtual experience in running these...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here is a brief video showing some of the amazing work currently under development at the University of Auckland’s Putahi sim (SLurl) in Second Life, led by Professor Judy Cockeram. The University continues to leverage their virtual ‘Living...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
busy night on Architecture Island in Second Life tonight! Lots of new interest – quite a few new schools setting up to teach next fall. # The Network behind the network! http://archvirtual.ning.com/ # another reminder that next Friday (22nd) is all about...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Delaware Technical & Community College has made a strong and successful debut in their use of virtual worlds in architectural education through a project led by Professor L.C. Weaverling’s (Profesora Farigoule in SL) ‘Architectural Design:...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
We are starting our fifth week of work here in Cairo. Construction proceeds in SL. We are rapidly running out of prims. The design is starting to be dictated by what looks best with the fewest prims – not an ideal situation. We anticipate a major presentation to our...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Next Generation of Virtual Visualization: Vray Rendering + Dynamic Shade and Shadow: http://tinyurl.com/c59aay # @Metanomics, ftw! First show of the season tomorrow, first show in the new event space! Here we are preparing: http://tinyurl.com/dl4d2q # @Metanomics...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
On Friday, May 22nd at 11am PDT (18.00 GMT), we will be hosting a discussion on Architecture Island in Second Life, called “The Learning Curve for Architectural Education in Virtual Worlds” as part of this year’s WIAOC 2009 conference this SLurl....
by Jon Brouchoud | May 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Check out this Vray rendered model uploaded on the ArchVirtual grid by Jules Vos. The rendering quality, combined with the dynamic shade and shadow create a visually stunning and comparably low-cost way to experience an architectural design. We added finishing...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Written by DB Bailey (David Denton Architect): In the larger sense, I don’t know why we are here. Two years ago, my name appeared on a short list of international architects approved by the Egyptian government for planning projects here. My first reaction was...