Metaverse

Today, virtual reality is a theme that has brought some controversy in several areas, including architecture, to the point that it has developed a high level of relevance in the internal affairs of those fields. Digital technology is a tool that has been of much use in graphic design, advertising and even film arts, but would be really convenient and useful to employ in projects that were to become palpable as the architecture?. Such is the case of construction of the courtroom in Jackson, Mississippi. This pilot project, driven by the GSA (General Services Administration), aims to create life-size construction of this building with elliptical platform, judge’s bench, jury box, counsel tables and witness stand, from 3D digital design, whereby customers can clearly see important elements that would be impossible to identify in 2D planes (which are dimensionally incomplete) or physical models (which cost more than $ 50,000), such as lighting, sight lines, materials, etc., is also possibly more economical and prevents subsequent amendments. The architects Renée Tietjen and Hugh Hardy claim that this technique solves all problems regarding the details of design and audiovisual character. It was then that in June 2004, judges and the design team explored the model of the courtroom through the hall (Computer Automatic Virtual Environment) and effectively after this, Hardy and his team could make some changes in the space that customers require. Regarding the listening, the work was carried out Arup Acoustics, where he could change some forms of sound-absorbing surface and the amount of materials to improve the level of conversation within. In reviewing the lighting it was found that could perceive the contrast between the bodies and shadows, exactly as in real life, and according to Paul Marantz, the design was improved.
 * “Virtual reality and digital modeling go on trial for a federal courtroom design” **

In my opinion the virtual reality helps greatly in urban and architectural projects, since as presenting a better view structural design more sophisticated and perhaps more economical, it offers customers something not for the planes or to the solid models is possible: the experience. This is what makes innovative and necessary in the virtual reality. For graphic design and advertising may not be relevant, but for the arts as architecture (which then will become part of society and that will be habitable) is extremely important.
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**Descriptive Paragraph** This picture shows a rectangular two-story square in perspective full of flowers and grassland, built of concrete and glass roofing with metal bases. It is an place; the purpose is to keep a cool environment. In front of us (as foreground), we can see green plants with violet and purple flowers. At the bottom there are tables, umbrellas and chairs, and near these objects there are small trees with floral yellow, blue and purple in color. On each side of the ground floor there glass windows. Upstairs there are most of the natural elements mentioned before; above the walls there are metal foundations of the roof, one behind the other. At the end of the square there is an entry, such as access to a subway or something similar. On top of the construction there is the covering, it has a triangular shape. In back of all there a big building. media type="file" key="Descriptive paragraph.mp3"

Maybe, at first glance, the programs CAD (Computer Aided Design) and BIM (Building Information Modeling) appear be very similar, and is true, since their uses are based on creating a building in 2D and 3D models, that emerge internal digital expressions (shapes, sizes, materials) and external (price, function). BIM has a database that accounts all the work through a report, and CAD too. Only that one it does while is working, and the other in the end. These could be some similarities, but also both possess some characters that differentiate one of the other. In principle, both are systems that generate information about a building being designed, that is, their objectives are design and managing data of the project. But we can say that CAD focuses more on design and BIM in manage information, because the first works with geometric elements as lines, circles and squares to build walls, ceilings, windows, etc., while the second already presents these physical elements. Building Information Modeling do not has this function since it is a program to create faster constructions, generally, for no dedicate so much time in details 2D sketches. CAD designer takes it time both in the plants as the facades, sections, and perspectives; creates dimensions, labels, imaginary elements and animations too (this in BIM is not possible); therefore, it is a slower process. In Computer Aided Design the changes are not as successful because they must do in each view, in the other program, all views are linked and therefore any change is executed parallel in each, besides that allows watch videos and re  nders, however, not design things very complex as in CAD. Then,  these are the similaritiesand differences between CAD ​​and BIM. media type="file" key="Comparison.mp3"
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**Metaverse Paragraph** Virtual reality is a technological method that has emerged in recent days to support different areas of science and the modern world to facilitate human activities. This is involved in medicine (such as the manipulation of internal organs in surgery), physics (such as visualization of fluid particles), engineering (such as virtual prototyping in robotics) and even in other audiovisual areas such as film, TV and videogames. In architecture, virtual reality has brought some controversy because it effectiveness in this field is imprecise. Virtual reality in buildings, allows the digital design of the interior and exterior of a house before building, so that the client can participate in the program visiting house, and testing the lighting, sound and structure to prevent subsequent amendments (which that occurs in the solid models).This allows that the disabled designers can implement their projects and further suggest a teaching-learning process most wide to architecture students, although it may occur that it give a misuse. The most likely is that would reach affect the brain, or maybe, make that some people lose distinctions or judgments about real life and virtual reality. But all these arguments are probabilities, so for now we can say that virtual reality support greatly the design projects which will then be created in real-size. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: -webkit-auto;">