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PERSPECTIVE ON VIRTUAL REALITY From the 15th century through the 20th, architects worked with evolving techniques for presenting their designs to their clients. In the 1990s, this evolution seemed to quicken its pace with advances in computer modeling, animation, and "virtual reality." In their book, Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design, authors Giddings and Horne trace these developments, ending with a survey of the work of leading architects using computer-based technologies. — Editor
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PARISIAN MEDIA MERGE About 20 years ago, when computers shrank in size and software began to produce vector drawings on large plotters, schools of architecture faced a dilemma. What to do with this technology? Even when schools started offering courses about computers, most design studio instructors sneered at the gadgetry. They didn't trust it, and the drawings were awful!
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More Design Tools New CadCARD for AutoCAD Available — Autograph Technical Services press release, 2002.0731AutoCAD 2002: Drawing in 3D with a Shaded Display — Point A, 2002.0730 ArchiCAD 8 Mac OS X compatible — MacCentral, 2002.0729 Discreet Ships 3ds max 5 — Autodesk Press Release, 2002.0729 SIGGRAPH 2002 - Report 1 — Architosh, 2002.0726 Graphisoft Announces ArchiCAD 8 at UIA World Congress — Graphisoft press release, 2002.0723 ATI Releases Fire GlX1 Graphics Card — CGW, 2002.0723 Autodesk Battens Down the Hatches — CAD Digest, 2002.0722 Know Your Options! — PointA, 2002.0722 @Last Software Announces SketchUp For Mac OS X — @Last Software Inc. press release, 2002.0717 Stronger, Smarter Buildings in Less Time — BusinessWeek, 2002.0716 What Goes above Ground Zero Has Only 5 Planning Options — BBC News, 2002.0714
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