by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
[Physical] buildings still have supporting structures and enclosing interfaces, but privileging these as the focus of architecture , and insisting that they should carry most of the cultural freight, becomes as quixotic as similarly privileging the chassis and the beige box of the personal computer.
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Check out Arch Virtual’s new Facebook page – HERE!
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
This could be quite useful for troubleshooting problems on-site during construction as well. I can imagine a contractor scanning an area in question, enabling the architect to open a 3D model of the structure from a computer back at the office, and being able to rotate and orbit around the model to better understand it’s context, then suggesting solutions by mapping additional 3D information into the model, or folding it into the project’s Building Information Model and doing a differential comparison to find possible solutions.
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Who are you? What are your interests with virtual worlds? Are you an architect, designer, student, teacher? Which platform(s) do you use? If you’re a lurker, and haven’t used a virtual world yet, what are you holding out for? What roadblocks have you met along the way using virtual worlds? What are your hopes, dreams and goals with virtual worlds? If you don’t mind sharing, where are you from? It’s an open mic… feel free to speak your mind!
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
All it takes is a catalyst. For the past 48 hours, this empty parcel came to life with a group of designers, architects and artists from around the world, who imprinted this build with their creativity – riffing and building on what others had created, and...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dust off your prims folks, we’re kicking off a public building jam session on Architecture Island in Second Life, focused on the seed theme ‘Amalgamate’ (to mix or merge as to make a combination; blend; unite’ combine). Head over to...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
The following is a guest post/request from Moira Hunter: I am a teacher at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais in France. I am also a doctoral researcher in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University in the UK and...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is the first time I’ve made New Year’s predictions, but I so enjoy reading what others predict that I couldn’t resist jotting down a few of my own. In general, I think 2011 is going to be of vital importance to virtual world growth and...
by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
Check out this video demonstrating the use of a Kinect within the Unity3D editor (hat tip @andyhughes, and more in the Unity forum). I wish I had sometime to jot down a few additional thoughts, but the video speaks for itself. 2011 is going to be an exciting year...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
2010 was a year of growth and advancement for virtual environments, but it was also a time of uncertainty and transition. While I often refer to the metaverse as an open frontier, this year I kept thinking that we were still in a stage of discovery, and had only...
