Metaverse Language

definitions of strange terms I use on Metaverse Territory sites

1. Metaverse Territories » Blog Archive » Metaverse Lessons 7.12.06 / 8am

   [...] Teaching a specific inventive process, in this case an architectural one, involves learning how to accompany a project from idea in architecture, towards a spatial expression through force and materials. This does not imply space in general, but architectural space, to distinguish it from cinematographic, sculptural, photographic… spaces. These exercises invert the common architectural workflow that normally proceeds from program to plan, from material to architectural form;, in favor of the formula force> material> space. [...]
2. Metaverse Territories » Blog Archive » Building standards 7.18.06 / 12pm

   [...] Objects in SL can easily represent tangible information –semantic references, topological data, relative location coordinates, and can suggest intangible architectural information — atmosphere, usage or spatial expression. But in addition, is there a way to exploit the information space opened-up by CityGML so that new, unexpected spatial or informational dimensions can unfold ? [...]
3. Metaverse Territories » Blog Archive » re: Immersion or Augmentation 7.19.06 / 2pm

   [...] Augmentation: As far as the augmentation argument is concerned, there are 3 nuances to be considered; a) augmenting RL with SL, and b) augmenting SL with RL, but also, c) enhancing other metaverses with SL. Maybe this distinction comes from my a priori bias of seeing neither SL or RL in a vacuum, but rather as 2 very intricate pieces of the other’s puzzle. Another bias I have is to consider SL a platform rather than just a game. This somehow necessitates reading usefulness into what we do with it and how we use it. Thus, if we can define SL as an interface, filter or conduit between content & container, between information & its communication, we can begin to understand SL as this framework. This being said, the fact remains that it is a very specific and unique kind of container because of its dominant expressive material : immersive Space (but I digress, (or do I?).) Anyway, specifying the plurality of what is doing the siblings and cousins in their efforts to decode the world(s) around them. [...]
4. Metaverse Territories » Blog Archive » Metaverse Architecture : Intentions 7.21.06 / 7pm

   [...] The blog Metaverse Architecture is where I try to show different builds throughout Second Life (SL) that serve as examples for me to generate, structure and clarify my own thoughts on : a) what it means to have an architectural idea in the metaverse; and, b) how architectural space can be fabricated from (im)materials. [...]

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