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Re: BlenderGPT

#121

Post by vunderba »

idiocache wrote: post #98

Kid's getting way too much hate for what seems to be quite a cool project! Oh he "just" put a UI in front of Trellis? Yes. He did. You didn't. Keep up the good work, gd3kr :)

Give me a break.

The site's ad copy: "BlenderGPT is an advanced artificial intelligence program that creates 3D models from text or image prompts in ~20 seconds. It lets you synthesise fully textured meshes, then import directly to Blender with a shortcut or download the source files for use in any compatible software. We think it's really good, try it out for free now."

It's very deliberately posing itself as having their own proprietary algorithm, as opposed to just a wrapper around TRELLIS, whose team did the real work. There's nothing wrong with that, but not giving any credit or mention to the trellis team is in poor taste.

Re: BlenderGPT

#122

Post by drusepth »

terminalbraid wrote: post #3

"Try it out for free!" Demands a google account, as if my personal info is somehow worthless.

Technically, they also demand you have a computer, internet access, and enough education to be able to read. I'd also still call it "free" though.

Re: BlenderGPT

#123

Post by latenightcoding »

idiocache wrote: post #98

Kid's getting way too much hate for what seems to be quite a cool project! Oh he "just" put a UI in front of Trellis? Yes. He did. You didn't. Keep up the good work, gd3kr :)

Nah, this shouldn't be on the front page. Blender is a registered trademark (I only clicked because I thought it was project from the Blender team) and OP is not transparent about this just being a wrapper.

Re: BlenderGPT

#124

Post by Fauntleroy »

idiocache wrote: post #98

Kid's getting way too much hate for what seems to be quite a cool project! Oh he "just" put a UI in front of Trellis? Yes. He did. You didn't. Keep up the good work, gd3kr :)

Using "Blender" when not associated with "Blender" at all is a huge dick move.

Re: BlenderGPT

#125

Post by xnx »

idiocache wrote: post #98

Kid's getting way too much hate for what seems to be quite a cool project! Oh he "just" put a UI in front of Trellis? Yes. He did. You didn't. Keep up the good work, gd3kr :)

Making a thing and sharing it is definitely worth supporting.

Obvious credit should be given to the source of the core functionality of the project (e.g. "Powered by TRELLIS") and using "Blender" in the name was a bad idea.

Re: BlenderGPT

#126

Post by pbhjpbhj »

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #114
gd3kr wrote: post #31

Hey HN! I'm aarya (twitter.com/gd3kr) and I built BlenderGPT Really overwhelmed with the traffic, will be defaulting to a less compute intensive model for a bit. Will try to keep up with this thread and respond to questions/comments but mostly focused on not letting BlenderGPT crash. BlenderGPT is entirely bootstrapped and i'm really the only one on the team. Also, The required google sign in is only put in place to…

I know it won't hit the same if you change its name, but like the others here, I really would recommend that you come up with some new product name. Additionally, the glyph you're looking for is ™, not ®, if you're not registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It seems like you're doing a great job, and these are some low hanging fruit you can address just to make sure you're not violating tradem…

You can use ® for registration in other countries/regions too. In UK/EU it's not registered until the end of the opposition period.

GPT and Blender are both generic terms, unless the combination is already being used or is registered then it appears - and of course this is not legal advice - that there is no infringement.

Indeed I think registration of GPT before USPTO has been refused because it is generic.

You might be breaching contract, assuming you're using ChatGPT behind the scenes, no idea; in theory they could require you not to use GPT in your product name.

Of course, being in the right is not enough. Companies/organisations can still go after you.

Re: BlenderGPT

#127

Post by vunderba »

xnx wrote: post #70

Anyone interested in this type of thing should check out the free and open source TRELLIS: https://huggingface.co/spaces/JeffreyXiang/TRELLIS Upload an image and it outputs a 3D model. Use a separate image generator to make a model of anything you can imagine.

Trellis is very impressive (topology notwithstanding). I put some examples together of what Trellis can do, it's definitely better with angular type models (vehicles, etc.), but unsurprisingly can struggle a bit with more organic forms.

https://imgur.com/a/trellis-2d-3d-samples-eSWJhMj

Re: BlenderGPT

#128

Post by whtsthmttrmn »

terminalbraid wrote: post #7
gregjw wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Considering infra costs, it kind of is worthless, they aren't about to start selling advertising on their AI tool. I'd assume the reason they have auth is so they don't get botted and it absolutely bricks their servers.

I don't disagree with you. It should not be billed as "free" without qualification. It should read "free with google account".

Then I suppose nothing is free and the word should be removed from all language since this sort of hair splitting can be applied to everything lol

Re: BlenderGPT

#129

Post by pixelpoet »

vunderba wrote: post #121
idiocache wrote: post #98

Kid's getting way too much hate for what seems to be quite a cool project! Oh he "just" put a UI in front of Trellis? Yes. He did. You didn't. Keep up the good work, gd3kr :)

Give me a break. The site's ad copy: "BlenderGPT is an advanced artificial intelligence program that creates 3D models from text or image prompts in ~20 seconds. It lets you synthesise fully textured meshes, then import directly to Blender with a shortcut or download the source files for use in any compatible software. We think it's really good, try it out for free now." It's very deliberately posing itself as having…

You even fixed their typo on "its".

Re: BlenderGPT

#130

Post by whtsthmttrmn »

plipt wrote: post #112
mnau wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just make a new Google account. It's not like you have to fill correct info and you can make two accounts with same phone number (at least I could ~1 year ago).

I appreciate you sharing this. However are you not concerned that Google might flag your accounts as being somehow fraudulent? And then get locked out of your digital identity? Maybe I am too reliant on my gmail account.

> Maybe I am too reliant on my gmail account.

Ding ding ding!

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