Architectural Educators from Portugal, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia,...
This was a truly remarkable session, deserving of greater coverage than this post, but this is a start! The group first gathered at Moira Hunter’s ArchiTECool parcel on Architecture Island, then to a...
View ArticleStudio Wikitecture Wins Linden Prize, Initiates a New Project
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...
View ArticleThe Architecture of OpenSim (machinima)
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...
View ArticleWhen worlds collide – MMO’s, game development platforms and the built...
The barrier to entry just keeps getting lower for for architects, engineers and construction professionals to further employ MMO (massively, multi-player, online) environments in design collaboration,...
View ArticleMesh Imports Coming to Second Life Q2 2010
Today, Linden Lab announced that mesh imports, or the ability to import models created in external 3D modeling apps will be available for beta testing Q2 2010. For architects and other AEC...
View ArticleHands Free 3D: Open Source Predecessor of Microsoft Kinect?
$2,000 is the current bounty for free/open Microsoft Kinect drivers (via Adafruit Industries), which really jarred some memories for me. Whatever happened to ‘Hands Free 3D‘ – the “prototypical...
View ArticleLet the Games Begin: Virtual Worlds, Game Development and the Future of the...
2010 was a year of growth and advancement for virtual environments, but it was also a time of uncertainty and transition. While I often refer to the metaverse as an open frontier, this year I kept...
View ArticleGetting to Know the Game Industry: Resources to Help You Get Your Game On
The convergence of the game industry and the metaverse will be a Big Bang for the 3D web, but if you're coming to this from the metaverse side of the fence and not a hardcore gamer, wrapping your mind...
View Article12 Arch Virtual Predictions for 2012
Thoughts and predictions around our newly emerging app-etite, new shiny things, HMD, AR and.. what's in a name?
View Article10 Reasons Second Life is a Killer App for Oculus Rift, and why OpenSim will...
Second Life is a killer app for Oculus VR. Now, before you skip ahead to post a comment about how SL has been overrun by furries and 14 year olds, take a moment to scroll through these screenshots, and...
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