Archive - Virtual Worlds

Nourishing My Inner Architect with Google Building Maker

November 21 1 Comment Category: Art, Virtual Worlds

My fun digital project for this week was learning how to use Google Building Maker, a tool released last month that lets anyone model 3-D buildings using Google’s aerial photographic data, then submit the finished models for inclusion in Google Earth.
Google has already populated the urban cores of many cities in Google Earth with 3-D [...]

Put Yourself On the Map, Build a Virtual House: Seven Projects to Stretch Your Digital Wings, Part Three

September 18 0 Comments Category: Maps, Virtual Worlds

When I set out to write “Seven Projects to Stretch Your Digital Wings” two weeks ago, I really meant to put all seven projects into one column. But I’m famous around Xconomy for my inability to say anything briefly. If 800 words are good, then 1,600 words are even better—that’s my motto.
The point being that [...]