by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
Read the full release here. Would you like to participate in the AMD Open Architecture Challenge on a global team of qualified and talented architects, designers and engineers? Studio Wikitecture invites you to just that. In keeping with the spirit of the Open...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
Let there be no doubt, the architecture and design community is pining for a fluid and automatic import process!!! I knew a meeting like this would bring lots of new faces. Even the slightest tremor of an import tool shakes out bunches of would-be SL resident...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
There are several ways I can tell that Helfe Ihnen’s DEsign Island has become my favorite sim in all of Second Life. First, I’ve been collecting batches (literally hundreds) of screenshots over the course of several weeks now, with the ongoing intention of...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
If anyone had trouble copying the Reflexive Architecture scripts out of the wordpress post, please accept my apologies, and try these instead: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddqzdng9_32dwrgxj Apparently WordPress has a different quotation system, or makes things bold...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
This week’s Architecture Group meeting will be a demonstration of the new AutoCAD import tool (Henshin III), created by AI Studio. They will rez a full building, designed and modeled in AutoCAD, completely textured. They will also demonstrate the Layer functions...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 10, 2007 | Uncategorized
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en5P2S6pnGs] Interesting Metaversed post (link), brought to my attention by Tara5 Oh of Ugotrade. “The software itself works as a plugin, augmenting Maya to enable the in-world rezzing function as well as all of the...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HxeKPE_GA] My friend Nicco Kuhn brought this to my attention. A new demo video of the next generation Henshin III AutoCAD import to Second Life tool. Please post comments with your experiences using this tool if...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
The following essay was submitted by Fraser Fonda / Kate Allen. Slideshow of all Figures (by Fraser) posted HERE. Introduction The idea to hold meetings in Second Life developed in discussion with research group Performance in Transit, including mathematician Marcus...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
Great post over at New World Notes covering Octal Khan’s reconstruction of the Mar Vista Home by Architect Gregory Ain. Read the post HERE. [youtube = http://youtube.com/watch?v=qUzVKCsTPb8]
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
Another fantastic discussion. Lots of great ideas can be found in today’s meeting transcript posted HERE. Christopher will be posting his document on the SLFoundations Wiki for further revision and consumption. Thanks...
