Three.js editor • Hacker News Board

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by camus » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 6:18 AM UTC

kayoone wrote: post #16

I fear that three.js will be more or less obsolete with the rise of emscripten/asm.js which allows basically any 3D Engine there is to Run inside the browser. There is still some work todo in regards to quicker deployment but i wouldnt invest heavily in pure JS based engines right now as there will be tremendous leaps in this space (eg Unreal Engine3) in the coming months. That being said, this is an awesome Tool!

Well , where are these 3d engines ? do i have to code in C++ ?... you get my point...

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by mmcclure » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 6:26 AM UTC

When I see things like this I like to go to the 90s on the Wayback Machine and remind myself just how far the web has come. This is really cool stuff.

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by jfmercer » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 6:30 AM UTC

This is brilliant. Great work.

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by nej » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 6:33 AM UTC

templaedhel wrote: post #18

Just want to be clear, I am not the developer behind this. I found this and was looking for discussion on HN about it because it was quite impressive. I wasn't able to find it by searching so I submitted it in hopes that it would take me to the past article (that is how the url duplicate detection code used to work), but instead it created a new story.

Great find, this is excellent.

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by surrealize » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 6:35 AM UTC

michaelbuddy wrote: post #19

what do i do in it. i just see the xyz grid. can i make a model or import an obj file?

You can add objects and lights using the "Add" menu.

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by TeMPOraL » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 6:43 AM UTC

Another direction the author could take with this: a CAD app. Specifically, because TinkerCAD is shutting down, 3D printing community desperately needs a new CAD tool usable by 10-years-old kids. There's a huge opportunity there.

TinkerCAD was very popular with 3D printing people, because it was stupidly simple and easy to learn, while still being a very functional CAD tool.

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by neya » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 6:50 AM UTC

Wow! This is the future of 3d!!

I'm a hardcore 3ds MAX fan and I simply LOVE this!!

Do you know of the possibilities this provides? Have a look at this:

http://carvisualizer.plus360degrees.com/threejs/

Content creation tools are extremely important for any technology to gain traction. That's how Flash (in the early days) gained traction (Macromedia Flash 4, remember?)

And this editor solves the problem (still a long way to go...but very much possible)

All the best!

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by chmike » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 7:07 AM UTC

When I access the page with my iPad 1, it's all blank and white. What am I suppose to see ? Is it a github problem ?

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by templaedhel » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 7:08 AM UTC

chmike wrote: post #28

When I access the page with my iPad 1, it's all blank and white. What am I suppose to see ? Is it a github problem ?

I think that is your iPad not supporting webGL.

Re: Three.js editor

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Post by Oompa » Thu, Mar 28, 2013, 7:10 AM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #26

Another direction the author could take with this: a CAD app. Specifically, because TinkerCAD is shutting down, 3D printing community desperately needs a new CAD tool usable by 10-years-old kids. There's a huge opportunity there. TinkerCAD was very popular with 3D printing people, because it was stupidly simple and easy to learn, while still being a very functional CAD tool.

I am so incredibly sad TinkerCAD is closing. It has been my introduction to CAD and it has been phenomenally useful. I'm trying out Autodesk Inventor Fusion, but it's so much more complex, so it'll take a while before I feel comfortable in that.