“How will we co-exist with Virtual spaces?” Virtual worlds are already built into a 3D object (our cellphone) which displays 2D information that you can hold, or stream from a platform to a tv you mount on a wall, or it comes from the smart speaker you set on your counter. You are immersed in a world of technology and content. You have already welcomed these devices into your work environment, your hands, your homes, your privacy. Why then don’t we build for virtual experience within architecture / our homes? The future of architects and the profession of architecture is to built the virtual along side the physical. Architects will be the connections between the virtual and the physical through designing buildings that enable immersive virtual experience that are captured and projected into the spaces we occupy and live in. If we start designing with architecture to not only provide shelter for sleeping, eating, and bathing. But we begin to incorporate virtual space making to move architecture forward, the home can both foster and collect those meaningful moments like a family gathering, cultural ceremonies, or a get together with friends or coworkers. Then we begin to create a new third place that we can go to. (First, second, and third places are a concept of describing the different types of environments we engage in.) It’s through this third place we can build even more meaningful connections within those special moments that can be re-visited for you in the future. While also allowing users to more fully engage with content in their homes and other built forms of architecture.
Research Questions:
How can extended reality be used to advance architecture by increasing the scope of an architect? 2. How can we design physical environments to be connected to the virtual ones? 3. How can we feel more connected through Virtual spaces? 4. How can architecture begin to capture key memories and and re-share them in the future? 1.
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