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Re:Show HN: Best Buy Uses WebGL to Create Interactive Applia... by Cakez0r on Monday May 11, 2015 @03:48PM (#9527388)
I don't suppose you guys have found a way to make it economical to model, texture and animate products en masse? ;)
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Re:Show HN: Best Buy Uses WebGL to Create Interactive Applia... by fsloth on Monday May 11, 2015 @03:52PM (#9527417)
If they were cooperating with the manufacturers the mesh could come as an export from the cad/cam package the hardware designers use.
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Re:Show HN: Best Buy Uses WebGL to Create Interactive Applia... by relaunched on Monday May 11, 2015 @03:49PM (#9527398)
LoL, it is not fully automated. Unfortunately, the economics isn't something I can talk about.
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Re:Show HN: Best Buy Uses WebGL to Create Interactive Applia... by Cakez0r on Monday May 11, 2015 @04:24PM (#9527601)
Figured as much. I've worked on projects before that have tried to make it work financially, but 3D capture always falls short on quality (and I'll bet the specular highlights on those appliances caused you guys many hours of fun if you tried that approach too!) and it's too expensive to hand-craft all the assets. Hope you guys make it work! It's a cool area and I'm sure you'll have clients queuing up if you can!
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