REFLECTION SketchFab
Active for over a decade, SketchFab is a platform for distributing 3D models. When describing it to others I often find myself calling it “YouTube for 3D models”, because the...
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 Modelur
Modelur is a SketchUp extension, which adds functionality to SketchUp. Its main purpose is to add architectural features to maps imported in SketchUp quickly and easily. Rather than being a...
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 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 Rec Room
Rec Room is one of the most advanced of the extant “metaverse” apps, despite very clearly being aimed at children. Again, I focused on building in Rec Room and though...