Virtual reality

Project
A theatre of invention for Western Sydney
HDR’s Factory of the Future at Western Sydney University turns an awkward slice of Bankstown City Campus into a hands-on learning environment for robotics, digital fabrication and advanced manufacturing.

Events
Architects craft virtual realms at Metaverse Architecture Biennale
Get ready to step into the future of design and innovation as the countdown begins for the Metaverse Architecture Biennale set to take place from September 21st to 24th this year.

Events
On exactitude in design: Mapping at a scale of one-to-one with Lifesize Plans
With a concept that is at once strikingly new and yet familiar, Lifesize Plans offers a different angle on design. Whether it’s in the process or finished product, projecting plans at real-life scale for people to walk through is an idea with potentially far-reaching consequences.

Articles
Step into the virtual world to create the ideal office
Paving the way for the post-pandemic office is Wilkhahn. With their new study, ‘Human Centered Workplace,’ the global company provides powerful insights on the new era of work through a range of products designed to encourage growth and productivity in the evolving workplace.

Ideas
What can we gain from virtual experiences of physical sites?
Rather than the feeling of walking through a place or watching it in real-time from afar, could virtual tourism offer something deeper?

News
Interior Designers are now helping people remodel their homes, in a video game
The Nintendo game Animal Crossing has taken the world by storm and it turns out the interior designs that work in the real world have been a big help to people designing their ‘virtual spaces’.

News
Interior Designers are now helping people remodel their homes, in a video game
The Nintendo game Animal Crossing has taken the world by storm and it turns out the interior designs that work in the real world have been a big help to people designing their ‘virtual spaces’.

Ideas
Will Virtual Reality change the way we live?
In a decade or two, most of our waking hours might be spent inside a pair of VR glasses. Will we be comfortable in VR, or, for that matter, with it?

Ideas
Comfort in Virtual Reality
In a decade or two, most of our waking hours might be spent inside a pair of VR glasses. In Cubes 86 we ask: Will we be comfortable in VR, or, for that matter, with it?

Ideas
The future reality of architecture
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality offer new ways for designers to interact with projects, changing the marketability of architects & the way they design

Ideas
Ford’s Virtual Reality
With a re-launched design hub, the creative process takes centre stage at Ford Australia’s Melbourne headquarters. Annie Reid reports.