REFLECTION VR Sketch
SketchUp was by far my favourite tool to use in the development of 3D environments during the course of my study. However, SketchUp is predominantly aimed at a market of...
REFLECTION Spatial.io
Spatial is a developing platform that, on the surface, seems to be a metaverse app for hosting VR spaces with multiple users – though it’s one with several unique factors...
REFLECTION Polycam
PolyCam is a platform for sharing photogrammetrically captured 3D models and a mobile app for photogrammetric capture. I have explored the latter use in the most depth, as there are...
REFLECTION SketchUp
SketchUp is a 3D digital model and architectural drawing tool that began life as a Google project (the free app, “Google SketchUp”). It is now a commercial application developed by...
REFLECTION Hubs etc
This is a compound reflection on both Mozilla Hubs and A-Frame. Together, this platform and framework were the key open-source development environments for VR online during the period of study....
REFLECTION ThingLink
ThingLink is a well-established visual authoring tool for creating embedded, interactive media for the web. It has expanded support for immersive (360) photos in recent iterations. There’s a suite of...
REFLECTION Matterport
Matterport is a service and set of authoring tools that generates virtual representations of spaces from 360-degree images and allows their publication. Those spaces can be “stitched” together, allowing contiguous...
REFLECTION Frame VR
Frame VR is a platform for creating VR environments on the web. It is similar to Mozilla Hubs, which is transitioning to the Hubs Foundation, a community-based, open-source developer based...
REFLECTION SketchUp Viewer
SketchUp Viewer is an application for Quest headsets. It works with Oculus Quest 2 or Quest 3 and lets you look at SketchUp models in VR. There are two modes....
REFLECTION DriftSpace
DriftSpace is to VR what Twine is to 2D authoring – with limitations. It’s an interactive multimedia authoring tool, which means it accepts a range of media formats which can...