Hi Joeb,
Like all things if you open it up for comments you will probably get a mixed bag depending on who responds.
I think a lot of criticism are given just because we as artists put our work out there to show we have done something cool, unique or informative or to just get feedback. Regardless, you open yourself up for lots of things…and I commend you for it.
There are many things you could do to improve the overall user experience, performance, file sizes, redraws, etc. But some of the things you may have chose as an artistic direction and I would not know…but with respect to the materials and engravings. This is a question of your need. If you need the materials to be actual representiave of what the customer is going to get down the color, location and grain of the samples…then high resolution textures is going to a definite consideration….you have a lot of materials so thats a lot of textures.
You should be able to reduce this down a bit to just a few files though by using Atlas Maps. I would probably organize them by popularity of veneers making the most popular on 1 map and then maybe only 6 total veneer maps. The engravings you could probably get away with just one atlas map.
You may also want to place your phone cases at the orbit point of the camera. This way the person can orbit and zoom without it flying off screen. In simple terms…you may want to put your models at 0,0,0, and your camera target or look at at 0,0,0 then your orbit will be alot more stable and easier to use.
Currently you require the user to make selections then press a view in 3D button. The expereince would be alot nicer if the experience was more dynamic. Select a phone case…the correct model appears. Select a veneer it auto updates on selection. Select and engraving it appears…and eliminate the view in 3D button.
You may also want to ditch the full screen button.
Since you audience is mobile devices…. I would modify the textures, and things so that it is easy to load on your smallest devices since they are the main client. I would not worry about a PWA for this as your clients are going to use it…hopefully buy and move on…they wont come back and in the end all you want them to do is buy.
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