Whatever that is. Khronos has formed a forum to create a venue for cooperation between standards organizations and companies to foster the development of interoperability standards for an open and inclusive metaverse. The organizations do not want to create any standards, unless the industry specifically asks them to, but rather to make sure that all its members are … [Read more...] about Khronos hopes to help enable the metaverse
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The evolving world of 3D
It's all about your phone. By Omid Rahmat Who loses and who gains when consumers get access to vast libraries of content for a minimum monthly fee or because they are willing to put up with ads? If you ask musicians, they may have a case for decrying the subscription economy for reducing their opportunity to make money and turning them all into data analysts as they … [Read more...] about The evolving world of 3D
3D artists take a winning ‘Infinite Journey’
The competition aimed at bringing the artist community together. In February, director/artist/photographer Clinton Jones, aka PWNISHER, issued the latest 3D community creative challenge, Infinite Journeys, which challenged 3D artists to build their own custom scenes based solely on the words “infinite journeys.” The stipulation of the YouTube contest, sponsored by Maxon … [Read more...] about 3D artists take a winning ‘Infinite Journey’
Chaos adds digital replicas of real-world items to its Cosmos 3D library
Assets can be incorporated into the architecture and design projects. Chaos has forged a new partnership that gives architects and interior designers access to 480 digital replicas of Twinbru textiles and Haworth furniture models, available on Chaos Cosmos, a free library of ready-to-render high-quality 3D content that users can place within their projects. This marks the … [Read more...] about Chaos adds digital replicas of real-world items to its Cosmos 3D library
It’s National 3D Day!
Time to celebrate stereo 3D technology. Did you know there is a Thank God It’s Monday Day? It was January 3. Blue Monday? January 17. No Brainer Day? February 27. National Awkward Moments Day? For many of us, that is nearly every day. Officially, it is March 18—which seems fitting as it comes the day after St. Patrick’s Day, when the Irish celebrate big, and those who … [Read more...] about It’s National 3D Day!
Varjo Teleport VR is available for download
Varjo has announced that its intuitive, virtual reality collaboration and communication app, Varjo Teleport VR is now officially available to Varjo business customers. The company says that teleport VR provides an immersive virtual environment for teams to jump in with a first-person perspective to meet as human-like avatars, present files, manipulate 3D models, and get to work … [Read more...] about Varjo Teleport VR is available for download
Adobe cuddles up with Blender with new plug-ins for Substance and Mixamo
The Substance brand gives Adobe considerably more reach. The wishlist for the Substance development team at Adobe is deep and long, but, since its acquisition, they’ve been ticking requests off the list. The latest updates include the long-awaited Blender plug-in for Substance and also a Blender plug-in for Mixamo. The Substance plug-in enables users to access and edit … [Read more...] about Adobe cuddles up with Blender with new plug-ins for Substance and Mixamo
Unreal buys Sketchfab
Sketchfab was founded in 2012 by Cédric Pinson, Alban Denoyel, and Pierre-Antoine Passet in Paris. They said they founded the company because they wanted to solve the huge challenge of 3D content creation: the difficulty of creating 3D models. The community of content creators and buyers has grown to 5 million. Sketchfab says they introduced the first web-based 3D player. … [Read more...] about Unreal buys Sketchfab
Khronos releases new PBR material extensions for better 3D asset visual realism
The Khronos Group has released the latest set of Physically Based Rendering (PBR) material extensions for glTF, a royalty-free format for the efficient transmission and loading of 3D scenes and models by engines and applications. The new extensions supporting refraction, color attenuation, and volumetric properties are built on the existing PBR capabilities of glTF 2.0. The new … [Read more...] about Khronos releases new PBR material extensions for better 3D asset visual realism
Kubotek offers CAD viewer for MBD
Between 2D and 3D, there is MBD, which enables access to design information. It’s been a while since we wrote about Kubotek, makers of KeyCreator and utilities for manufacturing. It’s a venerable company with long experience in 2D and 3D. These days, the company has built its expertise around 3D design, data exchange, and model-based design (MBE). The company has … [Read more...] about Kubotek offers CAD viewer for MBD