by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sims at a fraction of the cost? No prim size limits? Saving and restoring entire sims to and from my own hard drive? OpenSim is where its at, and its improving at a pretty impressive rate. With the likes of IBM, Intel, Microsoft and even Linden Lab itself making contributions toward strengthening OpenSim, it certainly seems to have a chance at making it to prime time if it hasn’t already. We’re now offering 6 sims at $150/month on the OpenSim Architecture Grid…
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by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here are some screenshots of a 3 hour charrette based on the idea of ‘Paper Architecture’ in cyberspace. The sim I’m building on was recently sold, and the build could disappear at any moment, so the exercise is joined by a keen sense of detachment,...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Posted from Dijodi Dubratt: About time for another field trip, don’t you think? Join the crew on Saturday, July 11 at 7am SLT, as we do what architects, designers and builders always love to do – visit a good space and figure out what makes it work. This...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
It has been over 3 years now since I started using virtual worlds as part of my real-life practice, Crescendo Design, to meet with long-distance clients, describe design ideas and more. I have since had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of purely virtual...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Studio Wikitecture’s newest project, to design a booth for SL6b has brought in some fantastic design ideas! Now we need your votes to help decide which to finalize. Learn more about how to cast your votes at the link below, but hurry! We need to have all...
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by Jon Brouchoud | Jun 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
If you aren’t already familiar with Studio Wikitecture, we are an open group, composed of a diverse range of individuals from varying disciplines, interested in exploring the application of an open-source paradigm to the design and production of both real and...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Submitted by David Denton, AIA – http://www.daviddenton.com Actually this dispatch is from California. We have just returned after five weeks in Cairo. We came home feeling good about what we accomplished. Our final presentation took place at the client’s home,...
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by Jon Brouchoud | May 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
I recently met David Orban, Chief Evangelist at WideTag who hosted and moderated the Spime Design Workshops at Cisco in Second Life. The concept of Spimes is still new to me, but I think David did a great job leveraging the virtual experience in running these...
by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
David Denton, AIA – an architect from Marina Del Rey, California has been spending the past several weeks working on a project in Egypt. He has found virtual world modeling to be far more effective than traditional CAD or BIM applications in sharing ideas with...
by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Virtual Project Spaces are used in a variety of ways, from universities teaching architecture, architects meeting with clients, industry organizations meeting with members, or designers simply experimenting with the potential for purely virtual design. In this case,...
