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Sketchfab

December 15, 2023

Sketchfab is a 3D modeling platform website to publish, share, discover, buy and sell 3D, VR and AR content. It provides a viewer based on the WebGL and WebXR technologies that allows users to display 3D models on the web, to be viewed on any mobile browser, desktop browser or Virtual Reality headset.

Sketchfab
Type of site
3D models platform
Available inEnglish
URLsketchfab.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree (Optional)
Users6,000,000
Launched
  • March 10, 2011 (original)
  • 2012 (current)
Current statusActive

The company behind it is today based in Paris and New York City. Sketchfab took part in the Spring 2013 TechStars New York City startup accelerator program,[1] raised $2 million in December 2013 and $7 million in June 2015.

On July 21, 2021, Epic Games acquired Sketchfab.[2] It was later announced that Sketchfab will be phased out and merged into Epic Games's new marketplace called Fab.[3]

Service edit

Viewer edit

The main product of Sketchfab is a 3D, Virtual reality (VR) and Augmented reality (AR) model viewer. It enables users to move freely around or inside the 3D scene using mouse, touch manipulation, VR or AR. In addition to static 3D models, the viewer is able to play and control 3D animations. Viewers can enable the VR mode to see the model in Virtual Reality headsets or the AR mode to insert the model within the real world via a mobile device.

The 3D viewer is used on the Sketchfab website and mobile apps,[4][5] but can also be embedded on external websites, notably on Facebook,[6][7] Twitter[8] or Wordpress.[9]

Portal and marketplace edit

Sketchfab provides online and mobile community portals, where visitors can browse, rate, download or buy[10] user generated 3D models.

Users of Sketchfab have profile pages, premium users can customize and share their models privately.[11] Sketchfab users can choose to make their 3D model files available for download under Creative Commons licenses[10] or to sell them in the Sketchfab store.[12][13] With content available for sale or download, Sketchfab is positioned as a 3D model marketplace and as a 3D printing marketplace since some models are compatible with 3D printing.

3D asset management edit

Sketchfab offers to paying enterprise customers a dedicated platform to share, manage and collaborate on 3D assets.[14][15]

Native applications edit

A selection of Sketchfab models are available within a native application for the following VR headsets: Google Cardboard,[16][17] Samsung Gear VR,[18] HTC Vive[19] and Oculus Rift.[20]

The mobile application can be used to view the 3D models in Augmented Reality leveraging the ARKit APIs[21] on iOS and ARCore[22] on Android.

Model upload and download edit

3D models can be uploaded to Sketchfab from its website or directly from various 3D software, using plugins[23] (for example for 3ds Max[24] or SketchUp[25]) or natively (from Blender[26][27][28] or Adobe Photoshop[29]).

Sketchfab offers an API allowing developers to integrate functionality for searching and downloading Sketchfab's Creative Commons licensed 3D models into their applications.[30]

Technology edit

Sketchfab relies on the WebGL JavaScript API to display 3D on web pages in all major modern web browsers. It does not rely on third-party plugins.

Sketchfab implements the WebVR JavaScript API[31][32][33] to provide a Virtual Reality mode of its viewer on compatible VR headsets.

The 3D viewer uses the open-source OSG.JS JavaScript library,[34] a library created and largely maintained by Sketchfab employees.[35] Rendering is achieved using classic real-time rendering or physically based rendering.[36][37]

Company edit

Sketchfab was initially created by entrepreneur and 3D developer Cédric Pinson under the domain name ShowWebGL in early 2011.[38][39] He was joined in early 2012 by Alban Denoyel, and they relaunched the site under the name Sketchfab in March 2012.[40] Pierre-Antoine Passet joined as CPO[clarification needed] in September 2012.

Startup accelerators edit

The startup was part of the third batch of the French startup accelerator Le Camping in June 2012.[41] It was later selected into Mozilla's WebFWD accelerator program during that same year.[42] The year after, Sketchfab was selected in the Spring 2013 TechStars class in New York City.[1]

Fundraising edit

In February 2013, Sketchfab raised an angel round of 370,000 euros.[43][44] Less than one year after, in December 2013, Sketchfab raised $2 million from Balderton Capital with Partech Ventures, Borealis Ventures, David Cohen and existing angel investors also participated in the funding.[45][46][47] In June 2015, Sketchfab raised a $7 million Series A led by FirstMark Capital.[48][49][50] In December 2018, Brendan Iribe, the original CEO and co-founder of Oculus invested in Sketchfab.[51]

Awards edit

  • Top 8 at Pioneers Festival 2012[52]
  • Best “Lightweight” Startup, the Europas Awards 2013[53]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Eugene Chung (April 2, 2013). . TechStars. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  2. ^ "Sketchfab is Joining the Epic Games Family". Sketchfab Community Blog. July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "Announcing Fab, the Next Phase for Sketchfab" (Press release). March 22, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "Sketchfab on the App Store". App Store. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "Sketchfab - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Alban (February 26, 2015). . Sketchfab. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  7. ^ Stott, Rory (March 2, 2015). "Embed Your 3D Sketchfab Models on Facebook". ArchDaily.
  8. ^ "alban denoyel on Twitter". Twitter. September 16, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  9. ^ "Sketchfab 3D and VR Content". Support. February 27, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  10. ^ a b . Sketchfab. October 30, 2014. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  11. ^ "Plans & Pricing - Sketchfab". Sketchfab. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  12. ^ "We're launching the Sketchfab Store in Beta - Sketchfab Blog". Sketchfab Blog. January 17, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  13. ^ Dillet, Romain. "Sketchfab launches a store to become a stock photo site for 3D models". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  14. ^ "Sketchfab for Teams". Sketchfab. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  15. ^ "Sketchfab launches team platform to share and collaborate on 3D models". TechCrunch. May 12, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  16. ^ "Sketchfab VR for Cardboard - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  17. ^ "Sketchfab VR on the App Store". App Store. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  18. ^ "Sketchfab VR". Experiences | Oculus. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  19. ^ "Sketchfab VR on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  20. ^ "Sketchfab VR". Experiences | Oculus. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  21. ^ Dillet, Romain. "Sketchfab's app might be the best way to try ARKit". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  22. ^ "Announcing Sketchfab AR on Android - Sketchfab Blog". Sketchfab Blog. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  23. ^ "Sketchfab Exporters". Sketchfab.
  24. ^ Klaas Nienhuis. . Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  25. ^ Alexander Schreyer. "SketchUp to Sketchfab.com Uploader - SketchUp Extension Warehouse".
  26. ^ Bart (March 24, 2014). "Sketchfab is the first 'Commercial' Add-on Bundled with Blender". BlenderNation.
  27. ^ . Sketchfab. March 24, 2014. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  28. ^ . Blender Wiki. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  29. ^ (PDF) (Press release). Adobe. January 16, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2014.
  30. ^ Chin, Monica (March 20, 2018). "3D creators now have access to a massive new object library". Mashable. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  31. ^ "Experience Virtual Reality on the web with Chrome". Google. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  32. ^ "WebVR - Bringing Virtual Reality to the Web". webvr.info. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  33. ^ "Desktop WebVR (Vive, Oculus)". Sketchfab Help Center. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  34. ^ "OSG.JS". osgjs.org. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  35. ^ "cedricpinson/osgjs". GitHub. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  36. ^ Bart (March 4, 2015). "Sketchfab releases Physically Based Rendering". BlenderNation.
  37. ^ "Physically Based Rendering".
  38. ^ "ShowWebGl.com Whois Record".
  39. ^ denoyel, alban (January 12, 2019). "How Sketchfab got started". alban denoyel. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  40. ^ "SketchFab.com Whois Record".
  41. ^ "Le Camping Season 3".
  42. ^ "Portfolio WebFWD".
  43. ^ Liam Boogar (February 25, 2013). "With 20,000+ users on board, Sketchfab raises a 370K€ Angel round for its YouTube of 3D". Rude Baguette.
  44. ^ "Sketchfab on AngelList". 2013.
  45. ^ John Biggs (December 6, 2013). "3D Model Sharing Service Sketchfab Raises $2 Million". Techcrunch.
  46. ^ . Balderton Capital. December 5, 2013. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014.
  47. ^ Ricardo Bilton (December 5, 2013). "Sketchfab raises $2M to make itself the 'YouTube for 3D design'". VentureBeat.
  48. ^ Alban Denoyel. . Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  49. ^ "Get your 3D printers ready: Sketchfab raises $7 million to be the world's 3D file hub". VentureBeat. June 16, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  50. ^ . firstmarkcap.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  51. ^ denoyel, alban (December 17, 2018). "Happy to share @brendaniribe (co-founder and former CEO of @oculus) recently joined the @Sketchfab journey as an investor. Great to have you on board, Brendan!". @albn. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  52. ^ "Finalists 2012, Pioneers Festival". Pioneers Festival. 2012.
  53. ^ Mike Butcher (January 22, 2013). "The Europas – Europe's Tech Startup Oscars – Showcases A Booming European Scene". TechCrunch.

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desktop browser or Virtual Reality headset SketchfabType of site3D models platformAvailable inEnglishURLsketchfab wbr comCommercialYesRegistrationFree Optional Users6 000 000LaunchedMarch 10 2011 original 2012 current Current statusActiveThe company behind it is today based in Paris and New York City Sketchfab took part in the Spring 2013 TechStars New York City startup accelerator program 1 raised 2 million in December 2013 and 7 million in June 2015 On July 21 2021 Epic Games acquired Sketchfab 2 It was later announced that Sketchfab will be phased out and merged into Epic Games s new marketplace called Fab 3 Contents 1 Service 1 1 Viewer 1 2 Portal and marketplace 1 3 3D asset management 1 4 Native applications 1 5 Model upload and download 2 Technology 3 Company 3 1 Startup accelerators 3 2 Fundraising 3 3 Awards 4 See also 5 ReferencesService editViewer edit The main product of Sketchfab is a 3D Virtual reality VR and Augmented reality AR model viewer It enables users to move freely around or inside the 3D scene using mouse touch manipulation VR or AR In addition to static 3D models the viewer is able to play and control 3D animations Viewers can enable the VR mode to see the model in Virtual Reality headsets or the AR mode to insert the model within the real world via a mobile device The 3D viewer is used on the Sketchfab website and mobile apps 4 5 but can also be embedded on external websites notably on Facebook 6 7 Twitter 8 or Wordpress 9 Portal and marketplace edit Sketchfab provides online and mobile community portals where visitors can browse rate download or buy 10 user generated 3D models Users of Sketchfab have profile pages premium users can customize and share their models privately 11 Sketchfab users can choose to make their 3D model files available for download under Creative Commons licenses 10 or to sell them in the Sketchfab store 12 13 With content available for sale or download Sketchfab is positioned as a 3D model marketplace and as a 3D printing marketplace since some models are compatible with 3D printing 3D asset management edit Sketchfab offers to paying enterprise customers a dedicated platform to share manage and collaborate on 3D assets 14 15 Native applications edit A selection of Sketchfab models are available within a native application for the following VR headsets Google Cardboard 16 17 Samsung Gear VR 18 HTC Vive 19 and Oculus Rift 20 The mobile application can be used to view the 3D models in Augmented Reality leveraging the ARKit APIs 21 on iOS and ARCore 22 on Android Model upload and download edit 3D models can be uploaded to Sketchfab from its website or directly from various 3D software using plugins 23 for example for 3ds Max 24 or SketchUp 25 or natively from Blender 26 27 28 or Adobe Photoshop 29 Sketchfab offers an API allowing developers to integrate functionality for searching and downloading Sketchfab s Creative Commons licensed 3D models into their applications 30 Technology editSketchfab relies on the WebGL JavaScript API to display 3D on web pages in all major modern web browsers It does not rely on third party plugins Sketchfab implements the WebVR JavaScript API 31 32 33 to provide a Virtual Reality mode of its viewer on compatible VR headsets The 3D viewer uses the open source OSG JS JavaScript library 34 a library created and largely maintained by Sketchfab employees 35 Rendering is achieved using classic real time rendering or physically based rendering 36 37 Company editSketchfab was initially created by entrepreneur and 3D developer Cedric Pinson under the domain name ShowWebGL in early 2011 38 39 He was joined in early 2012 by Alban Denoyel and they relaunched the site under the name Sketchfab in March 2012 40 Pierre Antoine Passet joined as CPO clarification needed in September 2012 Startup accelerators edit The startup was part of the third batch of the French startup accelerator Le Camping in June 2012 41 It was later selected into Mozilla s WebFWD accelerator program during that same year 42 The year after Sketchfab was selected in the Spring 2013 TechStars class in New York City 1 Fundraising edit In February 2013 Sketchfab raised an angel round of 370 000 euros 43 44 Less than one year after in December 2013 Sketchfab raised 2 million from Balderton Capital with Partech Ventures Borealis Ventures David Cohen and existing angel investors also participated in the funding 45 46 47 In June 2015 Sketchfab raised a 7 million Series A led by FirstMark Capital 48 49 50 In December 2018 Brendan Iribe the original CEO and co founder of Oculus invested in Sketchfab 51 Awards edit Top 8 at Pioneers Festival 2012 52 Best Lightweight Startup the Europas Awards 2013 53 See also editList of WebGL frameworks 3D printing marketplaceReferences edit a b Eugene Chung April 2 2013 TechStars NYC 2013 Class TechStars Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved April 3 2013 Sketchfab is Joining the Epic Games Family Sketchfab Community Blog July 21 2021 Retrieved July 21 2021 Announcing Fab the Next Phase for Sketchfab Press release March 22 2023 Retrieved May 26 2023 Sketchfab on the App Store App Store Retrieved July 14 2017 Sketchfab Android Apps on Google Play play google com Retrieved July 14 2017 Alban February 26 2015 Facebook now supports Sketchfab 3D embeds Sketchfab Blog Sketchfab Archived from the original on May 4 2015 Retrieved March 10 2015 Stott Rory March 2 2015 Embed Your 3D Sketchfab Models on Facebook ArchDaily alban denoyel on Twitter Twitter September 16 2016 Retrieved September 16 2016 Sketchfab 3D and VR Content Support February 27 2016 Retrieved March 4 2017 a b Sketchfab launches a Download Option and reaches 200k 3D files Sketchfab October 30 2014 Archived from the original on November 6 2014 Retrieved November 5 2014 Plans amp Pricing Sketchfab Sketchfab Retrieved September 16 2016 We re launching the Sketchfab Store in Beta Sketchfab Blog Sketchfab Blog January 17 2018 Retrieved February 18 2018 Dillet Romain Sketchfab launches a store to become a stock photo site for 3D models TechCrunch Retrieved February 18 2018 Sketchfab for Teams Sketchfab Retrieved July 2 2020 Sketchfab launches team platform to share and collaborate on 3D models TechCrunch May 12 2020 Retrieved July 2 2020 Sketchfab VR for Cardboard Android Apps on Google Play play google com Retrieved March 4 2017 Sketchfab VR on the App Store App Store Retrieved March 4 2017 Sketchfab VR Experiences Oculus Retrieved March 4 2017 Sketchfab VR on Steam store steampowered com Retrieved March 4 2017 Sketchfab VR Experiences Oculus Retrieved March 4 2017 Dillet Romain Sketchfab s app might be the best way to try ARKit TechCrunch Retrieved September 26 2017 Announcing Sketchfab AR on Android Sketchfab Blog Sketchfab Blog November 9 2017 Retrieved November 11 2017 Sketchfab Exporters Sketchfab Klaas Nienhuis Sketchfab Autodesk 3ds Max Autodesk Exchange Apps Archived from the original on July 20 2014 Retrieved January 19 2014 Alexander Schreyer SketchUp to Sketchfab com Uploader SketchUp Extension Warehouse Bart March 24 2014 Sketchfab is the first Commercial Add on Bundled with Blender BlenderNation We now ship with Blender Sketchfab March 24 2014 Archived from the original on December 30 2014 Retrieved March 25 2014 Blender 2 70 Addons Blender Wiki Archived from the original on May 16 2015 Retrieved March 25 2014 Major Update to Adobe Photoshop CC Brings 3D Printing to the Design World PDF Press release Adobe January 16 2014 Archived from the original PDF on February 1 2014 Chin Monica March 20 2018 3D creators now have access to a massive new object library Mashable Retrieved March 29 2018 Experience Virtual Reality on the web with Chrome Google February 9 2017 Retrieved March 6 2017 WebVR Bringing Virtual Reality to the Web webvr info Retrieved March 4 2017 Desktop WebVR Vive Oculus Sketchfab Help Center Retrieved March 4 2017 OSG JS osgjs org Retrieved March 4 2017 cedricpinson osgjs GitHub Retrieved March 4 2017 Bart March 4 2015 Sketchfab releases Physically Based Rendering BlenderNation Physically Based Rendering ShowWebGl com Whois Record denoyel alban January 12 2019 How Sketchfab got started alban denoyel Retrieved January 14 2019 SketchFab com Whois Record Le Camping Season 3 Portfolio WebFWD Liam Boogar February 25 2013 With 20 000 users on board Sketchfab raises a 370K Angel round for its YouTube of 3D Rude Baguette Sketchfab on AngelList 2013 John Biggs December 6 2013 3D Model Sharing Service Sketchfab Raises 2 Million Techcrunch Sketchfab raises 2m to scale its YouTube for 3D files Balderton Capital December 5 2013 Archived from the original on March 12 2014 Ricardo Bilton December 5 2013 Sketchfab raises 2M to make itself the YouTube for 3D design VentureBeat Alban Denoyel Sketchfab raises 7 Million to build the place for 3D VR and AR on the web Archived from the original on March 13 2016 Retrieved June 16 2015 Get your 3D printers ready Sketchfab raises 7 million to be the world s 3D file hub VentureBeat June 16 2015 Retrieved June 16 2015 Welcoming Sketchfab to the FirstMark Family FirstMark Capital New York City Venture Capital firstmarkcap com Archived from the original on June 11 2017 Retrieved June 16 2015 denoyel alban December 17 2018 Happy to share brendaniribe co founder and former CEO of oculus recently joined the Sketchfab journey as an investor Great to have you on board Brendan albn Retrieved January 14 2019 Finalists 2012 Pioneers Festival Pioneers Festival 2012 Mike Butcher January 22 2013 The Europas Europe s Tech Startup Oscars Showcases A Booming European Scene TechCrunch Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sketchfab amp oldid 1189454056, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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