Blog of the Soft8Soft company

29 Oct 2018

Introducing Pre-release Channel of Updates

Announcements3ds Max, Blender, pre-release, Puzzles, Verge3D

We have a major update for Verge3D users. Today we're announcing a new release strategy which we believe will be more flexible and convenient for our customers. From our observations, our diverse community have somewhat different requirements. Some of our users want to see regular updates and eager to test…

22 Oct 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Experience InSight, NASA’s New Interactive

Announcementscustomer stories, NASA, Verge3D, WebGL

InSight is NASA's latest spacecraft designed to study seismic activity and the internal structure of Mars. During 6 months of flight, InSight traveled 400 million kilometers and is now preparing for landing. On November 26, this device will land in the area called Elysium Planitia and begin its mission to explore the…

09 Oct 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D 2.8 for Blender/3ds Max Released

Announcements3ds Max, Blender, Cycles, Puzzles, releases, Verge3D

This Verge3D release is out for both Blender and 3ds Max. Version 2.8 brings major improvements in the Puzzles editor, updates in the Wordpress plugin, support for custom split nodes and several new Cycles nodes and upgraded code examples. Puzzles Thanks to the feedback from our valued community, the Puzzles…

06 Oct 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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3D animation: Video vs Interactive

Reviewanimation, e-commerce, marketing, Verge3D, web design, WebGL

We can't imagine our life without 3D animation anymore. From the morning till the deep night we are surrounded by the all kinds of adverts, explainers, product presentations and movies. Many thousands of digital agencies and freelancers compete with each other striving to deliver the most engaging 3D content to their customers…

18 Sep 2018

By Alexander Kovelenov

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Making a practical 3D product configurator

Tutoriale-commerce, tutorial, Verge3D, WebGL

In our previous article Do-it-yourself 3D product configurator, we discussed creating a basic jewelry customizer app using the Verge3D framework combined with Blender or 3ds Max modeling suites. Today we're going to upgrade this project and make it a more real-life e-commerce application which includes the following must-have features: Calculating the…

17 Sep 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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WebGL: cloud-based or self-hosted?

ReviewWebGL

A couple of months ago some of our customers reported connection issues when using our Verge3D Network service. We investigated this and figured out that the reason for this was the blocked IP addresses of Amason Web Services, a popular cloud platform leveraged by our Network platform. Luckily, Verge3D is a…

13 Sep 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Bugfix update of Verge3D for Blender/Max

Announcements3ds Max, Blender, bugfixes, releases, Verge3D, WebGL

Thanks to the feedback from our valued users, we have fixed several bugs and made some other minor improvements in Verge3D for both 3ds Max and Blender. Version 2.7.1 includes the following changes: Styles for annotations and the default no-WebGL message can now be easily overridden by applications. To do this…

10 Sep 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D 2.7 for 3ds Max Released

Announcements3ds Max, e-commerce, Puzzles, releases, Verge3D, WebGL

We are glad to present a new release of Verge3D for 3ds Max. Version 2.7 contains the features introduced in the Blender version last week - new puzzles for loading files, replacing textures and creating social sharing links and a WordPress plug-in for embedding WebGL content to a website and providing…

07 Sep 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

7 Comments

Verge3D 2.7 for Blender Released

AnnouncementsBlender, Cycles, e-commerce, Puzzles, releases, Verge3D, WebGL

We are glad to present a new release of Verge3D for Blender. Version 2.7 brings new puzzles for loading files, replacing textures and creating social sharing links, support for world shader nodes and a WordPress plug-in for embedding WebGL content to a website and providing server-side features such as placing…

23 Aug 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

5 Comments

Verge3D versus Unity WebGL

ReviewUnity3D, Verge3D, WebGL

We're often asked about the differences between our software and the WebGL version of the popular game engine Unity. To answer this question, I used the official Unity3D manual and some information found on their community forums and compared certain aspects of Verge3D and Unity WebGL implementations. Performance Verge3D is…