More deep thoughts from Digital Urban: “What would be great is to see such visualisations and designs moving into worlds such as Second Life, suggesting such issues to regeneration teams and local planners is however notoriously difficult….” I...
Here is a narrowed down blogroll of sites that frequently or occasionally post about architecture in virtual environments. Please share yours! I know I’m only scratching the surface. These are in no particular order… Virtual Suburbia Digital Urban...
Check out the story at Clickable Culture. First, you need a ‘Physics Gun’, then you need a ‘Tool Gun’. Sounds like they’ve done a nice job of keeping the toolbox contextual! =)
“. . . AND it will generate a primscript file, so that all these pieces and textures come together automatically. use it to export the entire scene.” So, the natural question is, can we eventually use something like this to slice up an architectural model...
[youtube = http://youtube.com/watch?v=WuFkWCreXqU] This machinima, this essay by Theory Shaw, and a visit to this SLurl tell the whole picture. A great example of reflexivity and responsiveness in virtual...
The Porchdog project (link) we built on Architecture Island for Cameron Sinclair’s debut appearance in Second Life just showed up in Wired (link to article). Original machinima HERE. “So far, the Porchdog house is the only one that has been replicated...
Among the most frequently debated topics related to architecture in virtual reality is the fact that the majority of the content replicates real life. It may initially seem absurd to replicate physical architecture of any kind in a virtual environment, since no amount...
Architecture Island is now Voice Enabled! Go to http://secondlife.com/community/firstlook.php, download the First Look Client, get a USB headphone/mic and join in for a chat!
This article at Technology Review (via reBang) highlights some very important elements that I believe lie at the core of a broader movement toward a new language of virtual architecture, building on the inherent value and opportunity of virtual worlds, and...
[youtube = http://youtube.com/watch?v=u-78CzpaCEM] Here is a brief machinima that hopefully describes the Architectural Jazz concept a bit more clearly. The idea is to make the inhabitant an active part of both the musical and architectural composition. In real life,...
