Metaverse-CAD+&+BIM+Design

**Descriptive paragraph**

In the picture there is a scene of a big city in the afternoon. We could say that it is the rush hour, because there are a lot of cars, trucks and buses in the avenue. The avenue has two directions. The buildings that predominate in the scenes are skyscrapers. There are five skyscrapers, four of them have big blue windows and the fifth is brown with little windows. There is the presence of little trees just in front of the buildings from the right side. There are two sidewalks illuminated by big streetlights, distributed all along the street, and there are a lot of people circulating in different directions.

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**Summary of “****Virtual** **reality and digital modeling go on trial for a federal courtroom design”**

The article “Virtual reality and digital modeling go on trial for a federal courtroom design” by Alan Joch, is about being part of a pilot project launched by the General Services Administration (GSA) that use virtual reality in the design process as a tool to create better 3D representations. Through the article the author tries to answer the question “Could sophisticated imaging technology create better 3D representations and reduce errors?” So he describes the experiences of the federal judges missisipi who have been seeing in 3D the stereographic representations of their new courtroom in Jackson long before its construction. That´s why, architects feel that PC-generated walkthroughs alone aren´t sufficient to resolve the design issues. They tests sight lines, lighting, acoustic and materials in a special room called CAVE (Computer Automatic Virtual Environment) that have wraparound screen that stereoscopically reproduced a life-size virtual model of the courtroom before it is built. So the design team could resolve problems with the feedback of judges. The author concludes that the technology like CAVE experience is a very useful design tool that solves most part of the design issues with the clients’ participation before the courtroom is built, to avoid retrofits or costly change orders.

**Opinion** According to the impression of the judge´s experience I think that this technology is very useful to approach clients and architects to what would be the reality of the building, so they can discuss all the elements details before it is built, and everyone could be satisfied at the end. But it has a problem because it is very difficult to bring every client to the CAVE. So they have to look for a way to make this technology portable.



**Opinion of Metaverse**

Metaverse is a parallel world created by virtual reality. In there people can share spaces with others from everywhere in the world, without having to be present physically. This could be an advantage in the laboral world because it permits to work with other people without having to travel. It is very useful in architecture and urban planning because it can make closer the relation between the design team and the client, and permits the client to perceive and feel the building before it would be built with 3D technology. This is an experience that we could see from some federal judges in Mississippi, in the article “Virtual reality and digital modeling go on trial for a federal courtroom design” <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">In the article “From atelier to e-telier: virtual design studios”there is even the idea of using this technology as a program to teach or do architecture, without having to be in a atelier. The problem is that everybody would become very individualist because everybody will work at home and lose the human contact that is so important. They also won’t know how to create and work with their own hands, which is one of the most beautiful things of architecture. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">So we could say that metaverse is a very useful tool that helps diminish time of work and let the client to be present in the design process. But this is not a reason to start working only with that. We have to practice handwork and have real human contact as part of the design process too.

<span style="color: #0e40bd; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">**Comparison and Contrast Paragraph (CAD vs BIM)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> CAD is a software for drafting building plans on the other hand BIM is a software to store information about a building so designers can make changes reducing costs. That is why CAD is almost all the time used for the design phase of the project, while BIM has a very important role during the construction phase of a project as well as the post construction phases. CAD is easier to use than BIM. But if you want to show a whole project BIM is the best because you can make changes that will be reflected in all plans in contrast to CAD in which you have to make changes one by one. Nowadays CAD is still the one that architects prefer but not for long because BIM is a newest technology taken place in the market. <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">** Podcast of "Comparison and contrast paragraph": ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> media type="file" key="comparison and contrast.wma" width="211" height="22" <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> .