Building with shadows in Second Life: the prim is (still) mightier than the pen
For the longest time, I had given up on the possibility of using shadows persistently in Second Life, given that it crashed my viewer so often it wasn’t worth the hassle. But since enabling shadows in the new viewer 2.0, I haven’t crashed yet! While...Google Street View in 3D
While working on an architectural replication project in Second Life recently, I was using Google Street View to gain a better understanding of the building’s as-built exterior (where blueprints and CAD files fall short) and noticed that the street view pegman...Facebook and the Future of CAD
I have a rather embarrassing confession to make, but I want to admit it before someone else calls me on it. During the last half of 2009, I was seriously addicted to Farmville. There is no excuse, but in all fairness, it happened during the holiday season, when my...Welcome to H-Town, OpenSim used to create a virtual neighborhood of sustainable modern houses
Hometta, a collective of award-winning architecture and design studios, will soon be launching an opensim-based grid called ‘H-Town,’ showcasing a virtual neighborhood modeled after the innovative, modern house plans they sell on their website. With...Importing Revit into Unity [Update]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about using the Unity3D game develop engine to import Revit Architecture models. I’ve since upgraded to Unity Pro, opening the doors to some even more powerful features. I really haven’t had a lot of time to spend on this, but I...Progress Update: 2 weeks down, 5 weeks to go for Studio Wikitecture’s entry in the Trestles competition
What a great group we have brainstorming the Trestles project! It isn’t too late to join in the action – so visit the site in Second Life now, follow the blog, and be sure to join the network site HERE! Here is a repost by Omei Turnbull from the Studio...Barack Obama’s ‘Kansas to Cairo’ vision being realized in Second Life
During President Obama’s historic speech at Cairo University in Egypt last June, he describe a vision to, “invest in online learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a young person in Kansas can communicate...Studio Wikitecture takes on a new design competition, and needs YOUR help!
Starting today, we have a new Studio Wikitecture project! We’re going to be entering another Open Architecture Network design competition, Safe Trestles.. we need YOUR help!
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-01
Had a blast working with @mohax and Julie Sugarplum on their new EDTECH Retreat in SL! I designed it, they built it: http://bit.ly/bOATNR # I just can't get enough of the Unhappy Hipsters! http://unhappyhipsters.com # I feel so very – augmented…...