Verge’s marching towards 5.0 higher expectations

Although AR, MR and XR are nice. I think the number of V3D users that need want this are a smaller subset of the overall user base.

I believe V3D should continue its evolution of its core application bringing continual enhancements to webgl in general and not focus on a single market vertical other than allowing content creators to develop webgl apps.

V3D is a great tool. It has its specific and unique place for development. I think V3D does a good job of getting users into the basics of AR, VR, MR, but if you need to create device specific content there are other and better choices. The great thing about V3D is it’s a “Swiss army knife”….great tool and handy but not always the best tool.

I am not saying don’t create additional XR functionality…. I am saying focus on the core as XR is a small percentage of revenue for most V3D users and core functions could make things more profitable for V3D users in general.

If V3D focuses on its core…it will gain customers. Focusing on a smaller segment will cause users to find another tool and lost revenue for V3D.

I share the same opinion as Visualizer. I hope for more features for WebXR projects. This topic will quickly gain importance with the increasing availability of AR/VR devices. No other framework allows for such fast and high-quality development for WebXR.

I haven’t been in this field for long, but the possibility of creating a 3D configurator for web use, along with a VR configurator for the showroom, is really cool, and I have several projects in the works regarding this.

V3D should certainly continue to develop its core area, but I see the whole WebXR aspect as very important.

No other workflow allows for creating such complex projects that work on almost any platform so quickly, in combination with Blender or other 3D apps.

AR/VR/MR/XR…all great… with the best tools for these experiences already available to anyone wanting to go down that road. Having watched the growth of these things since the early 1980s I can say….its has always had potential, but has yet even today to become main stream.

There are lots of unique use cases where the hardware and software are sold as a product to an end client as a solution but the volume is very low. VR Surgery is one such example, but the solution is in the $millions$. Manufacturing also has some specific use cases but the volumes are very low too. Boeing has been using Hololens for years and still has problems with their system. The infrastructure alone is $millions$.

Apples Vision Pro is having marketability problems, same with HoloLens and others that should have been able to make a large push. Good quality tech is still out of reach for the general public and the majority of public users still do not use it as a primary method of visualization. One day…maybe but serious technological hurdles have to still be met such that the cost of entry is affordable, its used as the primary visual tool by the public and does overcomes all the current issues that exist in current products.

We build AR/VR/XR/MR experiences and we dont use V3D for any of it. V3D is a great intro to the space and kinda fun to do it. But if you want to make money at it…and have the best experiences…you have to use other tools.. Products life Vuforia have ownership over so many patents and hold those patents tight so the cost to create something great comes with a very high price tag. But so does your ability to charge the client. Verge3D is a tool and a good one. Turning my best screwdriver into a jackhammer…makes no sense. I may need a jackhammer but I bought a screwdriver and a good one. When I need a jackhammer I will buy one. When I need good AR/VR/etc…. you use the right tool.

However if you are trying to create an AR/VR/MR/XR on a budget comparable building a website on WordPress…good luck, its just will not work for Enterprise class solutions or anyone trying to reach all a clients customers nor will have good OS / browser / device compatibility…ugh.

Anyway…like I said if they make features that are easy for them to do. Great. If not… I would not waste any time on it.

I have only been working with real-time 3D for a few months, and thanks to Verge3D, I have already been able to implement some very cool solutions. When I compare the page suggestions from Meta regarding WebXR sites in the Meta browser to what I was able to accomplish with Verge3D after just a few weeks, I am very convinced of the Verge3D concept. I hope that future updates will include more very useful tools for VR/AR.

There might be more specialized software for this, but I am convinced that the relatively simple implementation of WebGL on the screen to create immersive experiences is a great feature of Verge3D. That’s why we chose this platform.