News From Arch Virtual
The latest in architectural visualization and virtual reality application development.
Autodesk Presentation Transcript
Thanks again to everyone who joined in the presentation and discussion this morning on Autodesk Island. You can find the transcript HERE.
May 29th, 10AM: Second Life and Architectural Practice
May 29, 10AM PST- Keystone Brouchard: Using Second Life as part of your Architectural Practice Keystone Bouchard will be doing a demonstration showing several ways in which professionals can use Second Life as a tool to support their practice. The strategies...
Sergio Palleroni and Phil Bernstein on Architectural Sustainability
Check out my post @ Clear Night Sky wrt the discussion Sergio Palleroni and Phil Bernstein gave on Autodesk Island.
Drawing on a Whiteboard in Second Life
I haven't tried this yet, but it sure looks promising. Time to dust off the tablet I bought last year, but could never get used to! via Dedric Mauriac
More WindLight
[youtube = http://youtube.com/watch?v=h4BMmq4dono] Looks pretty sweet, but it doesn't look like there will be realtime shadows rendered. I can only imagine the weight a system like that would add to SL, so I'm definitely not surprised or disappointed. This will still...
“Striking Visual Realism” Coming Soon to Second Life
Second Lifers will soon be enjoying a new level of visual realism through the introduction of lighting and atmospheric effects since Linden Lab's purchase of WindLight. I'm not sure if they're planning on full integration of the entire WindLight package, but I really...
AutoCAD to Second Life Importer
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0R6aTdk2dk] This looks like fun! via New World Notes (how does Hamlet find this stuff so fast?!?)
Mmmmm…Sculpties…
During this weekend's real life adventures away from the computer, my wife and I went to see Herzog & de Meuron's deYoung museum in San Francisco. Was I wrong to walk in, see this installation and think..... 'sculpties?!?' =) I've got it bad...
Upcoming Architectural Events in Second Life
May 15, 10AM PST Sergio Palleroni in conversation with Phil Bernstein: Green Design as Civic Engagement One of the challenges of green design is the need for widespread adoption if it is to make a significant impact on the future health of our planet. In this process...
Autodesk Brings AIA National Convention to Second Life
Second Life Architectural Community Gains Access to AIA National Convention Content on Autodesk Island SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AIA 2007 National Convention and Design Exposition -- To reach the growing number of architects and designers...
Yves Klein’s “Le Vide” Installation on Architecture Island
Avatar Far Link invites you to honor, with all your affective presence, the lucid and positive advent of a certain reign of the sensitive. This manifestation of perceptive synthesis confirms Yves Klein's pictorial quest for an ecstatic and immediately communicable...
The Future of Architectural Education
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GobL5kn-xAk] 'The Tracer,' also known as Ted Mikulski in real life, presented his Thesis Presentation for his Architectural Master's Degree at Norwich University in Vermont this morning. A pre-recorded version of his thesis...
Maya Exporter, Sculpties, and the New Face of Architecture in Second Life
[youtube = http://youtube.com/watch?v=LlfpACg_lww] From the official Second Life wiki, revealing the formerly secret 'sculpted prims'... "We provide an exporter for Maya, and hopefully exporters for 3ds Max, Blender, and ZBrush will be available soon. We also have...
What if Wikitecture Works?
This has been a truly amazing phenomenon to witness (screenshots here HERE, Theory's Wikitecture protocol HERE). Through the revisions, additions and edits of at least 11 different contributors and several phases of schematic evolution, it seems to have found a kind...
Raising Real Money to Build Real Houses and a Case for Virtual Collaboration
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KboWvZ9PLc] Machinima showing Cameron Sinclair and John Gage discussing virtual collaboration and Open Architecture Network in Second Life. Sponsored by Sun Professional Services, coordinated by Clear Ink, machinima by Kiwini...
Architecture 101 ‘Super Book’ in RenderGlow
[youtube = http://youtube.com/watch?v=zCl7BT4quCU] During today's downtime, I spent some time on the beta grid experimenting with RenderGlow per Torley's suggestion. The gradient shading was done with textures, but the glow helps add some depth. Architecture 101 is...
