Most of my exploration of virtual worlds for engineering has been in Second Life and OpenSim. However, this year I have been looking more at Unity3D. Engineers are conservative and seem to dismiss virtual worlds like Second Life and OpenSim. Even though these programs are 3D modeling tools, they don't resemble nor do they use [...]
Posts Tagged ‘engineering’
Using Unity3D to Simulate a City
August 14th, 2010 
Pam Broviak 
Posted in CAD, Civil Engineering, Development, GIS, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse 
Tags: CAD, city, engineering, GIS, planning, simulation, Unity3D, visualization 
1 Comment »Augmented Reality for Public Works
March 19th, 2010 Pam Broviak Augmented reality (AR) has been gaining ground over the last couple years—most likely as a result of an increasing number of applications incorporating AR and an increase in the capabilities of supporting technology. But while the advances have been useful and impressive, I have not seen much related to the public works industry. This surprises [...]
Smart Tagging Engineering Plans
January 12th, 2010 Pam Broviak The city of Manor, Texas, has been successfully using QR codes for some time to convey information to citizens. And a while ago, I blogged about Microsoft tags – another method of conveying information through the use of a code and mobile reader. The Microsoft Tags have intrigued me because if you have time, you [...]
Posted in CAD, Civil Engineering, Gov 2.0, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: construction, engineering, microsoft tags, QR codes Comments OffBoots on the Ground: Building a GIS, Part 1
July 19th, 2009 Pam Broviak The beginning in a series of blog posts focusing on building and implementing a GIS in local government.
Posted in GIS, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: CAD, engineering, General Government, GIS, mapping Comments OffReaction Grid: Building Community, Nurturing Business, and Throwing Tomatoes
January 17th, 2009 Pam Broviak Back in 2006, I decided to join and explore the Second Life community in order to find out how it could help me as an engineer. I was also interested in finding out how it could help promote our community. As I became more involved, I realized there was even more potential to virtual worlds [...]
Posted in Public Works in Second Life Tags: engineering, Public Works, Reaction Grid, SCADA, second life 4 Comments »Losing Your Creativity
May 16th, 2008 Pam Broviak A couple weeks ago, I attended a meeting with our local business association to hear and participate in a discussion about tax increment financing districts (TIFs). Our TIF attorney made a comment at the meeting something to the effect that “infrastructure is not sexy.” At the time, I interjected my disagreement with his assessment; everyone [...]
Posted in Public Works in Second Life Tags: creativity, design, engineering, human resources, personnel, training Comments Off
