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05-17-2016, 04:21 PM
Sketchfab wants to do for VR what YouTube did for video
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The company boasting the largest online collection of 3D models, Sketchfab, is taking a dive into virtual reality (http://mashable.com/category/virtual-reality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
And to show off exactly what's possible with the new VR dynamic, the company has launched a showcase app called Sketchfab VR, which introduces users to a number of different 3D environments that can be explored in-depth using a VR headset
See also: Virtual reality record set as man spends 25 hours in an HTC Vive (http://mashable.com/2016/05/04/virtual-reality-record/)
Beginning Tuesday, the app is available for the Oculus Rift (http://mashable.com/category/oculus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), HTC Vive (http://mashable.com/category/htc-vive/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Samsung Gear VR (http://mashable.com/category/samsung-gear-vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Google Cardboard (http://mashable.com/category/google-cardboard/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).
But rather than act as a tool, the app is meant as a gateway into Sketchfab's bigger promise: to create a kind of YouTube of VR content created by users and embeddable on nearly any kind of site Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/17/sketchfab-virtual-reality-app/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Vr (http://mashable.com/category/vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Virtual Reality (http://mashable.com/category/virtual-reality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Apps Software (http://mashable.com/apps-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/dHioZOwTXf4
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The company boasting the largest online collection of 3D models, Sketchfab, is taking a dive into virtual reality (http://mashable.com/category/virtual-reality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
And to show off exactly what's possible with the new VR dynamic, the company has launched a showcase app called Sketchfab VR, which introduces users to a number of different 3D environments that can be explored in-depth using a VR headset
See also: Virtual reality record set as man spends 25 hours in an HTC Vive (http://mashable.com/2016/05/04/virtual-reality-record/)
Beginning Tuesday, the app is available for the Oculus Rift (http://mashable.com/category/oculus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), HTC Vive (http://mashable.com/category/htc-vive/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Samsung Gear VR (http://mashable.com/category/samsung-gear-vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Google Cardboard (http://mashable.com/category/google-cardboard/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).
But rather than act as a tool, the app is meant as a gateway into Sketchfab's bigger promise: to create a kind of YouTube of VR content created by users and embeddable on nearly any kind of site Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/17/sketchfab-virtual-reality-app/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Vr (http://mashable.com/category/vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Virtual Reality (http://mashable.com/category/virtual-reality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Apps Software (http://mashable.com/apps-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/dHioZOwTXf4