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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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@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?
*Edward Saperia* Founder Newspeak House http://www.nwspk.com email edsaperia@gmail.com • facebook http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia • twitter http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG
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The archives of Commons talk:File types turn up two brief discussions:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:File_types/Archive_1#3D_in_t... .
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:File_types/Archive_2#Blender...
But Commons doesn't support any 3D format yet:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:File_types#Unsupported_file_types
Although there's an RfC that has gone nowhere:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/Hosting_file...
The most detailed discussion is on the bug request which dates back to 2005:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T3790
There is a potential candidate for a solution at:
It might be worth pinging John Cummings as he's been interested in 3D for a while.
Hope that helps
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