Hi Ed,
Thanks for your email. I can share a document with you which shows how far
the discussions went.
Essentially, the biggest barrier to this is funding. I spoke with some
people from WikiFactory about this and they already utilise similar
technology. They are able to do the work and the implementation to enable
Commons to host openly licensed 3D design files and printable files in .amf
and .stl formats, for all browsers, for about £22k. We're currently trying
to find a way for the project to be funded and are in discussions with
Wellcome Trust and others. Once implemented, there are hundreds of
thousands of printable files that can be imported to Commons under
compatible licenses and can then be printed directly from Wikipedia
articles - such as tools, clothes, medical models, prosthetics,
architecture models, building materials... as the cost of 3D printing goes
down and the availability and quality of printing goes up, this could be a
seriously important development and enhance the role of the Wikimedia
projects in sharing the sum of all knowledge in many different forms
I'm happy to discuss this in more detail if it is useful.
Thank you,
Stevie
On 26 May 2015 at 15:01, Edward Saperia <edsaperia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I remember someone once talking about a project to
have a format for 3D
objects (I guess in commons), which could then be rendered on pages as
interactive widgets. Does anyone know what this was called or how I can
find it?
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