Casting Shadows
These past few months have brought about a rather exciting surge of announcements and renewed energy around the OpenSIM project, the open source virtual world platform. Though it is still alpha level...
View Article3D Model Interoperability in Second Life
We really, really need your help on this one! I am confident that if the readers of this blog collectively vote as a unified voice to push 3D Model Interoperability as a priority item for Linden Lab,...
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AIArchitect Covers Architecture in Virtual Environments
The AIArchitect online resource for members of the American Institute of Architects recently published an excellent story about architecture in Second Life (read it here). In it, they talk about the...
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Hanging up the old shoehorn: Stunning realtime multi-user architectural...
Are browser-based virtual environments the way of the future for virtual design visualization? Here is a brief overview of 4 of the many emerging platforms or related services to watch, and some...
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Models from Revit Imported into a Multi-User, Realtime, Collaborative Virtual...
It happened exactly 1 year, to the day I first contacted Jani Pirkola former project manager of the Realxtend team. I heard rumors late in 2007 that they had goals to accelerate the development of the...
View ArticleArchitecture For Humanity Enters the 3D Web
“This is an introduction by Lauren Stokes to Architecture For Humanity’s own interactive digital globe that will host models from their Open Architecture Network. Using X3D Earth and Open Street Map,...
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When worlds collide – MMO’s, game development platforms and the built...
The barrier of 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...
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