Verold Studio: A Realtime WebGL-based Collaborative 3D Editor in the Browser • Hacker News Board

Re: Verold Studio: A Realtime WebGL-based Collaborative 3D Editor in the Browser

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Post by mnicole » Fri, Feb 01, 2013, 5:55 PM UTC

rossmckegney wrote: post #10

mnicole wrote: post #3

This is really, really cool. I'm a little confused about the "collaborative" aspect, though. I assumed it meant that multiple people could be working on the model at any given time, but it looks as if it's more of a place to review it?

What you see in the public gallery are the personal models that artists have put on display for their portfolio. In the background is a robust set of tools that let you review and collaborate in realtime. Every project is a multi-user space, meaning that if more than one person comes in, they can see each other, snap to another user's camera, and see material and scene changes as they are made. We've got several scho…

> and collaborate in realtime.

I think this is what I'm getting hung up on, I assumed this meant that two or more people could be working simultaneously on the same project, rather than just looking at what one person is doing. I realize this is a brand new initiative and it is really impressive regardless, but I was wondering if that's a feature that will ever be available down the road?

Re: Verold Studio: A Realtime WebGL-based Collaborative 3D Editor in the Browser

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Post by snogglethorpe » Fri, Feb 01, 2013, 9:18 PM UTC

devongovett wrote: post #7

snogglethorpe wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's odd because the screenshots on the site do indeed show various editing controls (and make references to collaboration), but I also only get a viewer when I try it (even if I sign in). Maybe the editor version hasn't been released yet?

No you can only edit projects you create. Public projects are view only.

Yeah, I eventually figured this out... ><

Re: Verold Studio: A Realtime WebGL-based Collaborative 3D Editor in the Browser

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Post by snogglethorpe » Fri, Feb 01, 2013, 9:26 PM UTC

melkisch wrote: post #5

looks pretty much like http://sketchfab.com , but with less supported formats and slower loading...

I played around with both after reading this article, and while you're right that there's a big resemblance, that sketchfab is very fast, and supports lots of formats, verold seems a fair bit more sophisticated in what you can do: the material editing in verold seems to support many more types of materials, and as best as I could tell, verold allows multiple uploaded meshes to be positioned within a single model, whereas sketchfab is limited to a single mesh upload.

Both are fundamentally rather limited though, more like "model tweakers" than real editors, as you can't create new shapes / meshes in them or edit the geometry of existing meshes.

Re: Verold Studio: A Realtime WebGL-based Collaborative 3D Editor in the Browser

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Post by shahar2k » Sat, Feb 02, 2013, 1:31 AM UTC

rossmckegney wrote: post #9

shahar2k wrote: post #4

It's neither collaborative nor an editor.... this is a webapp to display 3d models

When you upload a model, it gets dropped into a scene that can be viewed collaboratively by your team or your peers. Try visiting a project at the same time as someone else, and you'll see how that works. You can also click the Google+ button to launch into a video conference with your collaborative 3D space at the center. On the editor: it's not a geometry editor, but what we do provide you with is the ability to cr…

sorry about seeming flippant, I was actually in one of your betas and appreciate verold for what it's doing (and it's a fantastic service for a modeller) I would also love to have some way of doing ACTUAL web based 3d modeling. but the material editor is quite useful for setting up a displaycase for the model.