by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Does anyone remember the Society for Virtual Architecture? I sure do. I loved it. I was lucky enough to find my way to a meeting on my very first day in Second Life. I was in the midst of building this hideous replica of a real life project I was working on at the...
by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
I just wanted to thank all the contributors on the OAN Nepal Challenge for all their hard work and dedication over the last couple months. The following images are of the final boards submitted to the OAN project site (larger images here). You can be your own judge,...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m sincerely honored to have been invited to jury this most exciting competition! I know firsthand how exhilarating it can be to work on a project like this in Second Life, especially given the collaborative nature they’re inviting. This is an absolutely...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNKoP_-eAUc] Hats off to the folks at AI Design Studio. Not only because they have been working so hard to develop an AutoCAD import tool for Second Life, but also because they make such entertaining machinima promotional...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
Design a structure in Second Life – build the structure in China and Hawaii in Real Life! arcspace.com and ecolandnow.com, in collaboration with INBAR – International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, invite architects, designers and students to take part in...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
The massive $250 million project, called ‘CyberCity’ won’t be open until 2010. Somehow, upon hearing this news (link to full story), I feel a sense of vindication for all my ranting and raving about why architects should be taking virtual worlds...
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...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
Architecture Islands, arcspace and Eolus One are announcing that they will be moving to a new location on the Second Life grid, and will now be sharing common borders as a contiguous group of islands. The move is part of a concerted effort to unite some of the...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
Oze Aichi shared this revised ‘Reflexive Wall Tile’ script, which you can find HERE. Also, check out Far Link’s ideas about this concept HERE.
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
[youtube = http://youtube.com/watch?v=amCi90zH3VI] Hello everyone! As you may already know, the third Wikitecture experiment using our new 3D-Wiki technology will be wrapping up in the next few weeks, and we are already looking forward to the next experiment. If you...
