Modern online property marketing platforms--Rightmove and Zoopla in the UK, Zillow in the US--offer 3D plans of their properties and video walkthroughs, sometimes with added interactive tools. But, as scholar John Plunkett of the University of Exeter noted recently at The Conversation, one pioneering London estate agent was offering its clients 3D visual walkthroughs long before the advent of commercial photography. In 1838, London estate agent Brooks & Green began advertising an early form of immersive visual technology called a "cosmorama", to offer prospective buyers a virtual tour of the properties it was selling.

  Through Septmber 28: Brooklyn Book Festival, Borough Hall and Plaza The Brooklyn Book Festival is less of a conventional convention and more of a beautifully chaotic living archive of independent print culture. As the city-wide "Bookend" programs gather steam across the boroughs, the main events happen over the weekend, on the historic steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall [abpve].  Saturday’s Children’s Day kicks off the celebration, but it is Sunday&rsqu...