Hello,
We shared this news on the Commons village pump, but wanted to make sure we
caught folks who maybe don't read the discussions there. [0]
In 2015 one of the most popular ideas for the Community Wishlist Survey was
about supporting the uploading of 3D models on Commons. [1] [2] The
Multimedia team at the foundation is writing new software to make this
happen with the STL file format. [3]
You can see how this feature works on the beta cluster for Commons. [4] [5]
[6] [7]
Note: Thumbnails might take a bit longer to generate on the beta cluster,
and general performance will be a little slower than Commons. The feature
is still being worked on, so things will change!
Please take a moment to join the discussion on Commons if you haven't.
Questions and feedback are welcome.
[0]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Preparing_for_3D_mo…
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Commons#3D_m…
[3]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132058
[4]
https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:1900s_telephone.stl
[5]
https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:1900s_telephone.stl#/m…
[6]
https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:Bird_Figure_Nigeria_CN…
[7]
https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:Bird_Figure_Nigeria_CN…
Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation