Virtual Architectures

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Creative Technologist on the Data Stories project at Maynooth University, Ireland | Data Visualisation | Urban Sensing | Mixed Realities | 3D Dynamic Mapping
GitHubhttps://github.com/virtualarchitectures/
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Virtual Architectures5d ago
Alex McLean5d ago
Good news - pubpub is continuing https://www.knowledgefutures.org/updates/2026-01-update/ #pubpub
A Path Forward for PubPub

Knowledge Futures mission is to make information useful.

Virtual ArchitecturesJan 7
A talk by BarryO'Reilly on software architecture, complex systems, and stuffing meat into electric chargers: https://youtu.be/D8qQUHrksrE
Residues: Time, Change & Uncertainty in Software Architecture • Barry O'Reilly • GOTO 2025

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Virtual ArchitecturesDec 29
"AI Agent, AI Spy" - Good talk by Udbhav Tiwari and Meredith Whittaker on the risks of agenetic AI and systems like Microsoft Recall: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-ai-agent-ai-spy
AI Agent, AI Spy

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Virtual ArchitecturesDec 9
'Against Storytelling' - A refreshing piece by Miriam Rasch via Public Seminar https://publicseminar.org/2025/12/against-storytelling/
Against Storytelling - Public Seminar

The glorification of storytelling to define who we are or save the planet induces aversion in some. Do digitally packaged stories restrict how we perceive our often rambling, fragmentary lives?

Public Seminar
Virtual ArchitecturesNov 26
Utopiah (Fabien Benetou)Nov 25
What's the Point of Prototyping? by Game Maker's Toolkit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tHJgtbj6rs
What's the Point of Prototyping?

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Virtual ArchitecturesNov 21
"Half the houses built don't Exist" - Check out the Data Stories blog for a summary of Danielle and Sam's presentation at the Digital Geographies conference 'Artificial Geographies: opening the black box for a new wave of critical thinking' in Lisbon: https://datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie/?p=853
Virtual ArchitecturesNov 18
BellingcatNov 18
Tomorrow, our researcher Kolina Koltai will take on the latest Bellingcat Open Source Challenges. Can she identify the real-world locations depicted in the 3D models? Join us at 5PM CET to find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZNPhr4s9j8
Bellingcat Open Source Challenges - Live!

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Virtual ArchitecturesNov 11
Good talk on video game environments and spatial documentation for development from #GodotFest2025 - 'Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game' by Robin-Yann Storm: https://media.ccc.de/v/godotfest2025-gyms-zoos-and-museums-your-documentation-should-be-in-game
Gyms, Zoos, and Museums

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Virtual ArchitecturesNov 11
I recently started a postgraduate diploma in Cybersecurity and I've really enjoyed researching different historic and contemporary encryption techniques. Here's a couple of diagrams I prepared with Excalidraw for my notes. Still working out the neatest way to communicate the AES S-box and round keys.
Virtual ArchitecturesNov 10
Data Stories were busy during Maynooth Research Week. Check out our involvement in Maynooth Sparks 2025, and our workshop session 'Daft.ie for Noobs: Gaming Ireland’s property market by spoofing property websites': https://datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie/?p=834