Growing up, I was enamored with knights, chivalry, swords and castles. I can’t tell you how many times I watched movies about Merlin or how many hours I’ve logged on books relating to medieval history, dragons, and the like. That …
Ockham’s Laser: The View at 905nm – A Dialog
To My Dearest Collective Human Consciousness, Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. -Aldous Huxley Through our intention to create dialog around the subject of 3D technologies, some interesting feedback has come our way. …
Designing Contribution: Froebel’s Gifts
To My Dearest Collective Human Consciousness, Every child brings with him into the world the natural disposition to see correctly what is before him, or, in other words, the truth. If things are shown to him in their connection, his …
Digital Legacy – The Future of Our History
Two sites have been documented in Oregon based on Restore Oregon’s “Most Endangered Places” list. The Petersen Rock Gardens… …and now, the Rivoli Theater. Both sites had their technical challenges. Petersen’s was just a very large site; 4 acres of terrestrial …
Digital Legacy – Rivoli Documented: ?? To Go
We completed the 3D documentation of the Rivoli Theater in Pendleton, Oregon. This was no easy task but was well worth the effort. This historical vaudeville theater is an absolute gem of history. It’s clear from its design that modern architecture has changed its …
Digital Legacy – We Came, We Saw…We’re Still Going
I can still remember that day we started scanning this theater in an attempt to save it – that day was abuzz with people helping to clean out and help out with scanning at the Rivoli Theater in Pendleton, Oregon. …
Digital Legacy – The Buzz has Begun, Cowboy Style
A few years ago, I was approached by the Director of the Rivoli Theater Restoration Coalition from Pendleton, Oregon. He had seen a few of the point cloud visualizations our team put together for the Petersen Rock Garden in Redmond, Oregon, and decidedly told …
Digital Legacy – Analytics II: The Legacy Factor
The question has arisen with historical preservationists on whether anything I provide – video, laser scans, or other such data that I believe will be built to last – will have longevity. Will it, they may ask, be outdated within the …
Reclaiming Human Habitat in the Gila River Reservation, Arizona – Part 2 of 3
In my last article, I spoke with Phil Allsopp of Transpolis Global, Inc. about their efforts to bring sustainable design and economic opportunity to the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona. This is a continuance of that interview. Please note …