Archinect - News 2024-12-23T21:25:19-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149945565/nbbj-s-vr-venture-managing-partner-steve-mcconnell-and-john-sangiovanni-co-founder-of-vr-firm-visual-vocal-on-archinect-sessions-one-to-one-23 NBBJ's VR venture: Managing Partner Steve McConnell and John SanGiovanni, co-founder of VR firm Visual Vocal, on Archinect Sessions One-to-One #23 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-05-16T15:01:00-04:00 >2016-05-20T23:50:43-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1d/1d0eqs8a90vy719t.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Today's podcast guests are <a href="http://archinect.com/nbbj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NBBJ</a> Managing Partner Steve McConnell and John SanGiovanni, co-founder of Visual Vocal,&nbsp;a new company bringing virtual and augmented reality systems to the architecture industry. As <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149942834/nbbj-is-launching-its-own-vr-platform-with-the-help-of-ex-microsoft-entrepreneurs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an investor in Visual Vocal</a>, NBBJ plans to foster the company in all of its design processes, using its collaborative platforms to communicate among designers, clients, and users, at all stages of project development. With a beta program launching this summer, Steve and John gave me a taste of how NBBJ plans to use the service, why it invested in the company in the first place, and how ubiquitous VR stands to dramatically change the architectural process.</p><p>Listen to&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/670405/one-to-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One-to-One</a>&nbsp;#23 with&nbsp;<strong>Steve McConnell </strong>and<strong>&nbsp;John SanGiovanni</strong>:</p><ul><li><strong>iTunes</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neil-denari/id1057340260?i=356797877" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to listen&nbsp;and subscribe to the new&nbsp;"Archinect Sessions One-to-One" podcast</a></li><li><strong>SoundCloud</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://soundcloud.com/archinect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to follow Archinect</a></li><li><strong>RSS</strong>: subscribe with any of your favorite podcasting apps via our RSS feed:&nbsp;<a href="http://onetoone.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://onetoone.libsyn.com/rss</a></li><li><strong>Download</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/onetoone/One_to_One_Episode_23_NBBJ-Visual_Vocal.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this episode...</a></li></ul>