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- Eduardo3rd 14y agoThis is a great site with lots of interesting models, but I'm genuinely curious about how the Hacker News community is going to help you get into YC W13. What are you asking us to do? (I really don't mean to be snarky, I'm just not sure what you want here other than page views)
- seiji 14y agoI think the YC app should have a crowdfunded question. "How many people have you convinced to buy your non-existent product based on a shiny video and peer hype?"
- Geoff_Sylvain 14y agoahah good one, their product is live apparently
- Geoff_Sylvain 14y agoI guess general awareness among such a tech-savvy community can't be a bad thing tho... that's usually what early-stage startups lack to create traction at the beginning, don't you think?
- b0xors 14y agoAgreed, this site is very interesting and well executed but I'm not sure I understand the request. I guess visibility?
- jcdavison 14y agois that site built with zurb foundation?
- mahesh_rm 14y agoAs an applicant myself to YC W13, and leveraging on a very related problem [D'oh! :)], I totally vouch for SketchFab. I showed it to most of my friends working in 3d as soon as it hit HN a while ago, and I always had positive feedback. I would use it myself if I worked in 3D design!
- showwebgl 14y agothanks!
- phpnode 14y agoAwesome site, this one is particularly freaky though: https://sketchfab.com/show/9Por2SANpJ7ZjLfnyilD56UxLP8 https://sketchfab.com/show/9Por2SANpJ7ZjLfnyilD56UxLP8 (spin the model around until you're looking at the back of his head, watch how his face always looks like it's looking straight at you, i believe this is a known psychological effect but some quick googling didn't turn up any results)
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORoTCBrCKIQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORoTCBrCKIQ
- arctangent 14y agoAnd more details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow-Face_illusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow-Face_illusion
- mitjak 14y agoLooks like it was captured with a Kinect.
- showwebgl 14y agoYep! Made with Skanect by manctl.com
- le_vanilla 14y agohttp://grabcad.com/ http://grabcad.com/
- mbrzuzy 14y agoVerold I think is another company doing something similar.
- bsenftner 14y agoI'm a bit confused. Is this a sharing site? Every model on the site can be viewed on the site, or embedded in another site, or the more technically adept can simply open up Firebug, see where the assets are on the servers and download them directly. This seems like a great way for digital artists to loose control over their creations, because there's no protections for them. Please illuminate what I'm not seeing here...
- mahesh_rm 14y agoIn my understanding, they are building a Dropbox/Trello/Deviantart hybrid specific to 3D Models. In my view they are coming up with an MVP that is somehow promising on these lines. How money will flow in [i.e., why power users would pay sketchfab instead of relying on the whole bunch of existing 3D library services] still looks to me a bit of a cryptical point, but they have probably yet to focus on this with some serious customer development.
- arriu 14y agoYou would not get the original model file which was used to export the vertices (skeleton rigs, animations, high poly geometry, high res textures). Also, even though its a slightly different problem space, any video game suffers from the same vulnerability.
- replicatorblog 14y agoFor those asking what's special about this - the design of the UI is pretty top notch. It "feels" great, works well on desktops and tablets, and has a great selection of content. I wrote it up for Wired if anyone wants more background: http://www.wired.com/design/2012/10/sketchfab-embedded-cad/ http://www.wired.com/design/2012/10/sketchfab-embedded-cad/
- benigeri 14y agoThe site actually behaved like shit when I resized my browser.
- munificent 14y agoIt's also optimized for retina displays. Those thumbnails look incredible on a Retina MBP.
- timanzo 14y agoanother one is http://www.solidworks.com/default.htm http://www.solidworks.com/default.htm
- cpolis 14y agohttps://tinkercad.com https://tinkercad.com is another one that I have been using lately. It seems to be focused on editing more, but the community and library are quite good as well. I'm always amazed at how well WebGL works - I used to think that 3D intensive applications would be one thing that would/could not be converted from desktop app to web app.
- fzzzy 14y agoI've been using tinkercad for a few weeks and I absolutely love it. The editor is amazing. I'm not really sure I see the point of the original post though, since it is just a viewer and not an editor. tinkercad's ability to import, edit, and export stl is extremely compelling.
- kazwon 14y agohttp://3dfile.io http://3dfile.io (powered by teamplatform.com) supports almost all major CAD formats.
- kevingadd 14y agoNice UX and some good sample content. I'd put in a warning, though, since when I clicked through to one of the models it hung Firefox. Probably a WebGL issue of some kind, but since I've got a high-end machine I wouldn't have expected that. People could click through to one of your 3D views not realizing that it might tank their browser and lose unsaved content in other tabs.
- Unregistered 14y agoTeamUp - www.getteamup.com - likewise provides a WebGL preview of 3D assets, but is also paired to a realtime production renderer. Disclaimer: I work there.
- Unregistered 14y agoWe're currently in closed beta, but here's a render of the tie fighter with a couple of droids from 3Dtin - http://imgur.com/pHPtI http://imgur.com/pHPtI