 Screenshot from 3DVIA.com |
Imagine being able to make interactive 3D games online for students or virtual worlds using software that connects to a massive social and collaborative network heavily armed with thousands of free 3D models. Enter 3DVIA (http://www.3DVIA.com/). 3DVIA is a community of 3D professionals and hobbyists that interact with one another within a huge network built around collaboration and content sharing. Centered around the network are a handful of 3D software tools that run as standalone applications that interface directly with the online community. If this isn't enough, artists can collaborate on the same file from different parts of the world! As in terms of web 2.0, 3DVIA is making 3D gaming and virtual education alive in the social spectrum and making it possible for all of us to create, collaborate, share, and store everything online. Currently, all of 3DVIA’s online and offline tools (except for the 3D viewer) are not supported for Mac OSX, but will have full support later this year. Since my workplace is solely designed around Microsoft Windows, this will be the perfect solution for collaboration with colleagues.
So here is what 3DVIA has to offer:
3DVIA Mobile
My favorite feature of 3DVIA is the ability to interface directly with the iPhone and iPad. This capability will greatly enhance collaboration at work and provide a means to keep other colleagues in the loop for 3D model updates for various computer based trainers. Any model imported to your account will be visible on 3DVIA Mobile as either public or private. Accounts can be created for free and the 3DVIA Mobile app for iPhone and iPad is on sale for $1.99 and will revert back to $4.99 at a later time. Check out a quick demonstration I made below for a workflow Im going to take advantage of at work.
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3DVIA Scenes
Screenshot of me next to a submarine in 3DVIA Scenes
3DVIA Scenes is a free solution for anyone wanting to create interactive 3D experiences with drag and drop capability right from 3DVIA’s 3D model library or from your own creations. While using 3DVIA Scenes you can actually invite friends to chat and collaborate while in this browser based virtual world. Using this capability in my profession will help in the collaborative process in creating 3D models for training purposes. A great example of this would be if I had to create a 3D representation of rooms inside a submarine. With 3DVIA scenes I can import the model and invite my colleagues to inspect the work and comment on anything that was out of place.
3DVIA Shape
3DVIA Shape is another free tool which focuses on building models and shapes for 3DVIA’s online community. Models can be created in 3DVIA Shape or any other 3D modeling package of choice and then uploaded onto the site for sharing. 3DVIA Shape interfaces directly with 3DVIA’s free 3D model library and any model imported or created can be published to your account with ease.
Screenshot of 3DVIA Shape
3DVIA Studio
Screenshot of 3DVIA Studio Visual Scripting
With the 3DVIA community, you can create groups and invite friends to either collaborate, leave comments and even download and share models on 3DVIA or post on Facebook or blogs. There are more aspects to 3DVIA and more software to talk about, but I will let you explore what all 3DVIA has to offer.
3DVIA at web 2.0 expo and Students using 3DVIA in the classroom :
Popular Facebook game made with 3DVIA Studio:
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