Posted by lisacluett on 16th July 2009
The 2nd speaker was Chris Thorne who is conducting research in the SChool of PHysics and who spoke about various aspects of his work on the Virtual Universe Project.
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Posted by lisacluett on 18th December 2008
The Online Student Journey project takes me to some pretty interesting places – and yesterday it was the Google Earth project and the UWA Virtual Universe Project both coordinated by Jay Jay and Chris Thorne through the UWA School of Physics.
Of all the 3D Google Earth images in Western Australia, 98% of them are of the UWA campus (which is why the land surrounding the campus looks so flat!) thanks to the efforts of this project. SketchUp (a Google tool) is used to create the buildings which can then be used in a number of platforms including Seconf Life (after some adapting), Virtual Universe and Google Earth.
Anyone can see the 3D project – just download/open Google Earth, navigate to 35 Stiurling Highway Nedlands and make sure you check the ‘3D Buildings’ box 
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