Medical Simulation for Oculus Rift with Unity3D
Health care simulations have become a significant amount of the work we’ve been doing with the Oculus Rift and the Unity3D game engine.
First impressions of Oculus Rift: Architectural Visualization, Second Life, and beyond
I wish I had more time to write out a more extensive review of the Rift, but here are my first impressions:
You absolutely feel as if you are transported to another place, to the point where it’s almost scary.
New Virtual Learning and Workplace Campuses for Avaya with Gronstedt Group
During the past several months, I’ve had the privilege of working with Gronstedt Group and their clients at Avaya on a variety of immersive learning, training and workplace environments. Projects included 2 full campus areas, complete with libraries, auditoriums, office spaces and training rooms. These projects were realized using Avaya’s own AvayaLive Engage multi-user platform.
Introducing the ArchTech Engine: Transforming buildings, cities and geography into realtime 3D environments
I am very excited to announce the launch of our new Arch Tech Engine (intro video above), a technology that transforms buildings, cities and geography into realtime 3D environments that are easily accessible, and can be embedded on your website, or deployed to a tablet.
Special issue of ITcon dedicated to the use of virtual world technology in architecture, engineering and construction
If there was ever any doubt that virtual worlds have a place in architectural practice and education, this month’s special issue of ITcon presents a staggering amount of content that is sure to help promote the use of virtual worlds and game engines within AEC industries and beyond. The Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon) is a peer-reviewed scholarly publication recently published a special issue dedicated to the use of virtual world technology in architecture, civil engineering and facility management.
Featured Machinima: A Virtual Medical Centre
Check out this brief macinima showing highlights of a recent tour I went on with Dr. Scott Diener’s in his Virtual Medical Centre. It is a painstakingly detailed build, with an impressive range of scripted elements that simulate real life medical procedures....