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msephton · 2024-06-12 21:03:13

Very cool, and I love the 3D models they've made available to view and zoom in on.

mwill | karma 2613 | avg karma 8.71 · | 2011-05-13 00:54:36

I highly recommend checking out the Technology page for a 3D model view, demos, and source.

yetanotherphd | karma 1156 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2013-09-17 19:36:48

Very cool. At first I was suspicious because their kickstarter video doesn't give a really complete idea of how good their 3d models are. And I know that from the right angle, a really terrible 3d model can look very good.

However this video shows that their 3d reconstruction is actually pretty good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4aMQQv2Zvk

I think that an open platform like theirs, which already includes sample software that does good 3d reconstruction, is very good for the field. Much more interesting than projects that combine hardware and software so that only the makers can experiment with new software algorithms.

EDIT: another video showing it "really working"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmgRdFQOLPw

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beyti | karma 283 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2015-10-22 01:02:05

just quoting: "We are the first company to offer a web based viewer to share complex 3D models of all sizes and platforms."

pachydermic | karma 802 | avg karma 4.56 · | 2015-11-01 15:05:02

Thanks for sharing - not really interested in the 3d stuff yet, but the fact that they're doing tutorials like this is amazing!

sdrabing | karma 57 | avg karma 3.17 · | 2022-01-04 14:13:43

I was thinking the same thing! I 3D model would be really neat to watch and pick apart.

kibibu | karma 1869 | avg karma 2.66 · | 2018-12-13 00:56:09

It's got a 3d model viewer in it

miyuru | karma 1133 | avg karma 3.42 · | 2023-10-18 13:35:03

its the 3D models

jasonkolb | karma 1411 | avg karma 4.2 · | 2012-02-23 15:35:34+00:00

I wonder if they're releasing the 3D models too. Would be pretty cool to load them into a game engine and say, walk around the space shuttle.

FredrikNoren | karma 179 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2024-05-21 13:46:16

Thanks! We're using a service called Meshy (https://www.meshy.ai) to generate 3d models.

munificent | karma 42023 | avg karma 6.65 · | 2022-05-27 15:38:56

Yeah, 3D modeling was the use case they were demoing it for. It was really impressive.

rafamvc | karma 445 | avg karma 4.89 · | 2023-06-05 13:56:48

Yes, that would be awesome to see a new paradigm to 3d model.

Scalene2 | karma 309 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2022-12-22 21:48:07

They can be used for pretty much anything that 3D models are used for.

foxbee | karma 355 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2022-04-10 02:29:46

This sounds awesome. And credit to the team for creating such a nice platform. The 3d api looks real nice, and simple!

pjerem | karma 5093 | avg karma 3.43 · | 2022-04-09 07:11:02

It’s nice ! I don’t do 3D but I miss all those little life enhancements I feel we have lost during the past decades.

The nowadays version of this would be an explorer dedicated to 3D projects.

Well done !

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d0100 | karma 607 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2023-04-19 20:42:33

KayKit has some pretty nice 3D models for free

matsemann | karma 20700 | avg karma 6.84 · | 2023-08-31 04:04:05

Most of them have an "answer" button on top you can click to see the 3d model you're supposed to see.

CSDude | karma 4281 | avg karma 5.45 · | 2014-01-25 14:17:11

It generates a 3D model, its purpose is not to just show around.

wizzwizz4 | karma 5694 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2020-12-20 18:23:58+00:00

This, but in 3D, could be incredibly useful for modelling.

antisemiotic | karma 297 | avg karma 1.08 · | 2019-06-02 21:41:49

Thanks, I was looking for something like this recently. I would often fire up Blender just to look at some models, but that was way too slow.