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Verge3D for Blender Tutorials

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== Official ==

=== Videos ===

* [https://youtu.be/9MK5qUWbaD8 4 ways to create Linear Rotation] - Xeons3dLab
*[https://youtu.be/0lYkvXpqsYw Sprite Sheets - creation of a Blender shader group to make sprite sheets easier] - Xeons3dLab
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMnTV0uuRMhRH6p4DSW-AEcQZEulzm461 Verge3D for Blender Basics] — video course for beginner users.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39heuWD_vo Using Light Probes]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEliwmiEn9s Baking and Using Ambient Occlusion in Verge3D for Blender]
* [https://youtu.be/QzYlSA-Wqy8 Exporting Cloth Simulation to Verge3D]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihu_IR7b6xo Building HTML-Based User Interfaces for 3D Web Apps]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQB6FfC7C7Y Exporting models from FreeCAD to WebGL]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-VUwoDL0qo Making interactive parametric models with Verge3D, Blender, and WebGL]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJdUKwSxA8c Making 3D Product Configurators for WooCommerce]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Q2SmxROuk Timelapse - Creating Ring Configurator]

=== Articles ===

* [https://www.soft8soft.com/blender-to-webgl-in-4-simple-steps/ Blender to WebGL in 4 Simple Steps]

== Community ==

* [https://youtu.be/9MK5qUWbaD8 Blender: 4 ways to make Linear Rotation] - by Xeons3dLab
*[https://youtu.be/0lYkvXpqsYw Blender: Sprite Sheets - how to create a shader and animate for Verge3d] - by Xeons3dLab
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N0i0uKm0pY Blender: Interactive Animations] — by IgnitED Labs. Learn how to create interactive animations using the Verge3D plugin for Blender.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6aGboR_sHE Creating interactive interior visualization] — by Dorian Zgraggen.
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvH2ejcv0wjRA4K6pQ6mUZgLTueIGSMe2 Creating Asteroids game] — by Dariusz Dzwonkowski.
* [https://youtu.be/ddRRNwBvNk0 Manual animation control, text objects and GIFT] — by CyberFox studio.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htd0Qe9ABD0 Creating Space Invaders game in both 2D and 3D] — by NASA vet Brian Kumanchik.

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Sprite Sheets for Blender and Verge3D - Xeons3dLab

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Sprite Sheets for Blender and Verge3d by Xeon's 3D Lab.
Learn how to create a shader group that will make controlling and cycling through a sprite sheet extremely easy. Learn how to animate in Blender or directly in Puzzles.

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Route 66 Digital - Capricorn Project

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[[Category:Apps and Demos]]

== Overview ==
In 2022, Robotique ''FIRS''T Québec (https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/) approached Route 66 Digital, LLC ( https://www.r66d.com/ ) to help in the development of a Verge3d application based on an existing CAD model of a competition robot.

This project involves many people from around the globe that have dedicated their time voluntarily to present an educational proof of concept that Régis Bekale of Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec has envisioned.
[[File:RFQ Jan Build.jpg|thumb|TRY THE INTERACTIVE https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build]]
This project is primarily funded through donations, partnerships, and modelers from around the globe.

Original Work by: Régis Bekale

Developed by: Route 66 Digital, LLC

====== In Partnership with: ======
Azrieli Foundation

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec

Fusion Jeunesse

Route 66 Digital

École Secondaire Saint-Laurent

== Partner With Us ==
We are harnessing the power of video game technology and leveraging students' desire to explore and create in 3D environments to inform and educate in an entertaining and meaningful way. We are pushing the boundaries of technology to bring interactive educational 3D content to every student on desktop and mobile devices where they can learn STEM concepts easily and quickly at home, work or play. Our hopes and dreams are to enable each student the ability to have their own interactive technology platform in the palm of their hands eliminating financial and physical barriers that prohibit many from gaining valuable experience. Software updates will expand content and functionality allowing the students to use the application as a long-term learning system.

We need your financial help to achieve our dreams and goals. Your contributions today can go a long way to helping students Learn without Limits.

Join our team of partners: Azrieli Foundation, Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec, Fusion Jeunesse, Route 66 Digital and École Secondaire Saint-Laurent, to help us develop the pedagogical tool named Capricorn. With your support, the possibilities are enormous! But to achieve these goals, we need you! Your technical, creative expertise or financial contribution would be a catalyst to support this project! Please contact us at [mailto: Info@robitquefirstquebec.org info@robitquefirstquebec.org].

== '''Project Goals''' ==
The goal of the Capricorn project is to create a 3D immersive educational platform that educators can use to reach their students in new and exciting ways. To provide an educational tool that can be accessed from anywhere that explains complex scientific topics through interactive lesson plans and gamification while promoting and garnering interest in science and technology. Educators can utilize existing content such as the initial robot or upload new content from a future existing library or content they create. Students can follow along in class or explore the content on their own where ever they are. They will be able to learn and deepen their understanding of electronics, mechanics, numerous STEM concepts as well as the rapid and efficient prototyping of a robot for the ''FIRST'' international robotics competition.

We call upon inspiring people with endless creativity from all STEM fields and many others to help bring our vision to fruition.

[https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build Try Capricorn] and discover what it means to learn without limits!

== '''Timeline''' ==

===== '''JANUARY 17th, 2023''' =====
Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec and Route 66 Digital have developed a 3D interactive for the 2023 Robotics Festival. Visit the ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal on January 28th, 2023. Be one of the first to experience the first of three interactives to be released this year. Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

===== '''JANUARY 28th, 2023''' =====
Interactive on display at ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal

===== '''JANUARY 29th, 2023''' =====
'''Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/'''

'''The January build's primary function was to reduce the triangle count from over 30 million to under 3 million. The initial thoughts were that the CAD models could be optimized or decimated to achieve a minimum target of 3 million with the phase 1 timing. It was quickly realized that optimization took longer than remodeling from scratch and did not yield good results. Remodeling allowed for complete control over good topology allowing us to use even fewer triangles than expected. Due to the January delivery date requirement, model optimization stopped when we reached 1.9 million triangles 33% below our target. Optimization of the models continues and we expect to be under 1,000,000 triangles by mid-summer 2023. Although the build was designed as Verge3d app output to an Electron App the online version worked so well we thought we would release it too.'''

===== '''MARCH 29TH, 2023''' =====
The March build that includes two additional interactive components will be released at the Robotics Competition on March 29-30-31 and April 1 at Colisée Videotron in Trois-Rivières, Québec.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

====== January Build ======
Q: Why is the shading flat?

A: CAD models when imported into Blender arrive with nearly every edge marked as sharp and no smoothing groups, leading to very flat rendered surfaces. The optimized models, created in Blender, have sharps on required edges and auto smoothing producing nice smooth curved surfaces within the limits of the target triangle count for each object as described above. The January Build had many objectives: a proof of concept, a work in progress milestone and a kiosk to be shown to partners and investors but most importantly, the output could not impact the continuing development of the March and Summer builds. With these factors in mind, the January Build left many components not shaded smooth that will be updated in subsequent builds.

Q: Why don't you use normal maps, ambient occlusion or more detailed texture maps?

A: When working on a project with mid process releases, there are a few methods that can be used to produce the delivery. The first is to fork the model and code at a particular point and then work on this branch separately from the main branch, allowing it to be fully optimized, textured, mapped, etc. This type of process requires you have at your disposal a larger team that can handle simultaneous development of the two development branches and most importantly the funding to support the level of effort required. This project is being funded by non profits Robitque ''FIRST'' Québec and Fusion Jeunesse and an approach that did not impact their budget was the direction selected. If the project was forked, the model would have been UV mapped, textured, organized, animated and shaded three separate times. increasing the cost of the project. The approach taken, allows the use prototype textures and shaders or simple place holders until all the model optimization and animation is completed. Since the first two releases are "proof of concepts" and "work in progress updates" the final texturing, normal maps, shading, etc. can wait until the end allow us to optimize the textures around the final: object count, triangle count, and memory usage per device type. Most importantly it ensures we do this process only one time saving the client additional costs.

== '''Links''' ==
Soft8Soft Youtube -https://youtu.be/-r5WjvL4lig

Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec: https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/

Route 66 Digital: https://www.r66d.com

== Contributors ==

====== Individuals (listed alphabetically) ======

* Régis Bekale - Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec - Executive Producer - original concept creator
*Martine Campbell - administration
* Vincent Del Campo - Blender 3D model optimization
* Daniel Delisle - Senior CAD model developer
* Lizzie Laubie - 3D modeling intern
* Sidney Lavoie - technical writer
* Ryma Merrouchi - technical writer
* Clément Perrotte - Blender 3D model optimization
* Jean Philippe Poirier - senior technical advisor, mechanical engineering and animation consultant

====== Corporate (listed alphabetically) ======

* Route 66 Digital - Blender 3D model optimization, interface design, project management, programming and consulting

Featured applications made with Verge3D

2023-02-18T05:09:19Z

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[[Category:Apps and Demos]]
This article contains a list of notable applications made with Verge3D. Please share only complete and published projects here.

== E-Commerce / 3D configurators ==

[https://cdn.soft8soft.com/demo/applications/scooter/index.html Scooter] – 3D product configurator featuring HDR rendering, realistic materials, a code-less approach for creating more than a million possible combinations. Made by Soft8Soft.

[https://cdn.soft8soft.com/demo/applications/jewelry_configurator/index.html Jewelry Configurator] – interactive web-based jewelry customizer. Made by Soft8Soft.

[https://www.configureone.com/rt3d-quadcopter-demo/ Passenger Drone Configurator] – concept visualization of configure, price, quote system developed by Configure One, Inc.

== Product visualizations ==

[https://basf-vcar.com/ Virtual Car OEM Explorer] — virtual car showcasing chemistry-driven solutions for future mobility. Made by BASF Automotive Solutions.

[https://www.infineon.com/cms/media/PMM_3dmodels/3300w-dc-dc-converter/ Printed Circuit Board] – marketing tool by Infineon Technologies AG.

[https://www.oppo.com/de/events/find-x2-pro-vodafone/ X2 Pro Smartphone] – immersive 3D visualization created for Oppo and Vodafone by dreidesign.

== E-Learning ==

[https://cdn.soft8soft.com/demo/applications/industrial_robot/index.html Industrial Robot] — AR/VR experience for engineering. A virtual robot capable of assembly, welding, drilling, and packaging. Made by Soft8Soft.

== Architecture and construction ==

[https://www.yak-construire.com/wp-content/themes/yak2018/modeles3d/anouka/index.html Anou’ka House] — interactive home planner by French developer ya'K construire.com

== Medical and scientific visualizations ==

[https://eyes.nasa.gov/curiosity/ Mars Rover Online 3D Simulator] — award-winning experience by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

[https://www.suva.ch/de-ch/news/unfall/knieverletzungen-vorbeugen Medical 3D Illustration] — by Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund.

== Business presentations ==

[https://www.viewspread.com/h-col-105.html Wind Generator] — infographics by View Spread studio.

== Geospatial visualizations ==

[https://visitbunburygeographe.com.au/maptest/# The Bunbury Geographe] — tourist attractions map by Visit Bunbury.

== Browser games ==

[https://cdn.soft8soft.com/demo/applications/farmers_journey_max/index.html Farmer's Journey] — an engaging WebGL game based on the Verge3D engine. Made by Soft8Soft.

[https://cyber-fox.net/projects/foxrunner/ Fox Runner] — browser game by CyberFox studio.

== Art and demos ==

[https://www.illussimo.com/webgl/myVehicle-fantasy/my_vehicle_fantasy.html Fantasy Vehicle] — audio-visual experience by Simone Lipschitz.

== Route 66 Digital Demos==
[https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build Robot Explorer] - STEM educational demonstrator

[https://www.r66d.com/starpuzzle Star Puzzle Solution] - Interactive step-by-step instruction guide

[https://www.r66d.com/escape Escape Room] - an interactive short game.

[https://webgl.r66dapps.com/toothbrush/ Electric Toothbrush] - product demo / educational demo

[https://webgl.r66dapps.com/p51/ P51 Beer] - explores post-processing effects & e-commerce integration

see them all at [https://www.r66d.com Route 66 Digital]

==See also==

*[https://www.soft8soft.com/gallery/ Gallery] — the app gallery on the Soft8Soft website.
*[[Web3D Examples by Philip Fong]]

Route 66 Digital - Capricorn Project

2023-02-09T18:35:51Z

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[[Category:Apps and Demos]]

== Overview ==
In 2022, Robotique ''FIRS''T Québec (https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/) approached Route 66 Digital, LLC ( https://www.r66d.com/ ) to help in the development of a Verge3d application based on an existing CAD model of a competition robot.

This project involves many people from around the globe that have dedicated their time voluntarily to present an educational proof of concept that Régis Bekale of Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec has envisioned.
[[File:RFQ Jan Build.jpg|thumb|TRY THE INTERACTIVE https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build]]
This project is primarily funded through donations, partnerships, and modelers from around the globe.

Original Work by: Régis Bekale

Developed by: Route 66 Digital, LLC

====== In Partnership with: ======
Azrieli Foundation

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec

Fusion Jeunesse

Route 66 Digital

École Secondaire Saint-Laurent

== Partner With Us ==
We are harnessing the power of video game technology and leveraging students' desire to explore and create in 3D environments to inform and educate in an entertaining and meaningful way. We are pushing the boundaries of technology to bring interactive educational 3D content to every student on desktop and mobile devices where they can learn STEM concepts easily and quickly at home, work or play. Our hopes and dreams are to enable each student the ability to have their own interactive technology platform in the palm of their hands eliminating financial and physical barriers that prohibit many from gaining valuable experience. Software updates will expand content and functionality allowing the students to use the application as a long-term learning system.

We need your financial help to achieve our dreams and goals. Your contributions today can go a long way to helping students Learn without Limits.

Join our team of partners: Azrieli Foundation, Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec, Fusion Jeunesse, Route 66 Digital and École Secondaire Saint-Laurent, to help us develop the pedagogical tool named Capricorn. With your support, the possibilities are enormous! But to achieve these goals, we need you! Your technical, creative expertise or financial contribution would be a catalyst to support this project! Please contact us at [mailto: Info@robitquefirstquebec.org info@robitquefirstquebec.org].

== '''Project Goals''' ==
The goal of the Capricorn project is to create a 3D immersive educational platform that educators can use to reach their students in new and exciting ways. To provide an educational tool that can be accessed from anywhere that explains complex scientific topics through interactive lesson plans and gamification while promoting and garnering interest in science and technology. Educators can utilize existing content such as the initial robot or upload new content from a future existing library or content they create. Students can follow along in class or explore the content on their own where ever they are. They will be able to learn and deepen their understanding of electronics, mechanics, numerous STEM concepts as well as the rapid and efficient prototyping of a robot for the ''FIRST'' international robotics competition.

We call upon inspiring people with endless creativity from all STEM fields and many others to help bring our vision to fruition.

[https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build Try Capricorn] and discover what it means to learn without limits!

== '''Timeline''' ==

===== '''JANUARY 17th, 2023''' =====
Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec and Route 66 Digital have developed a 3D interactive for the 2023 Robotics Festival. Visit the ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal on January 28th, 2023. Be one of the first to experience the first of three interactives to be released this year. Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

===== '''JANUARY 28th, 2023''' =====
Interactive on display at ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal

===== '''JANUARY 29th, 2023''' =====
'''Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/'''

'''The January build's primary function was to reduce the triangle count from over 30 million to under 3 million. The initial thoughts were that the CAD models could be optimized or decimated to achieve a minimum target of 3 million with the phase 1 timing. It was quickly realized that optimization took longer than remodeling from scratch and did not yield good results. Remodeling allowed for complete control over good topology allowing us to use even fewer triangles than expected. Due to the January delivery date requirement, model optimization stopped when we reached 1.9 million triangles 33% below our target. Optimization of the models continues and we expect to be under 1,000,000 triangles by mid-summer 2023. Although the build was designed as Verge3d app output to an Electron App the online version worked so well we thought we would release it too.'''

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

====== January Build ======
Q: Why is the shading flat?

A: CAD models when imported into Blender arrive with nearly every edge marked as sharp and no smoothing groups, leading to very flat rendered surfaces. The optimized models, created in Blender, have sharps on required edges and auto smoothing producing nice smooth curved surfaces within the limits of the target triangle count for each object as described above. The January Build had many objectives: a proof of concept, a work in progress milestone and a kiosk to be shown to partners and investors but most importantly, the output could not impact the continuing development of the March and Summer builds. With these factors in mind, the January Build left many components not shaded smooth that will be updated in subsequent builds.

Q: Why don't you use normal maps, ambient occlusion or more detailed texture maps?

A: When working on a project with mid process releases, there are a few methods that can be used to produce the delivery. The first is to fork the model and code at a particular point and then work on this branch separately from the main branch, allowing it to be fully optimized, textured, mapped, etc. This type of process requires you have at your disposal a larger team that can handle simultaneous development of the two development branches and most importantly the funding to support the level of effort required. This project is being funded by non profits Robitque ''FIRST'' Québec and Fusion Jeunesse and an approach that did not impact their budget was the direction selected. If the project was forked, the model would have been UV mapped, textured, organized, animated and shaded three separate times. increasing the cost of the project. The approach taken, allows the use prototype textures and shaders or simple place holders until all the model optimization and animation is completed. Since the first two releases are "proof of concepts" and "work in progress updates" the final texturing, normal maps, shading, etc. can wait until the end allow us to optimize the textures around the final: object count, triangle count, and memory usage per device type. Most importantly it ensures we do this process only one time saving the client additional costs.

== '''Links''' ==
Soft8Soft Youtube -https://youtu.be/-r5WjvL4lig

Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec: https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/

Route 66 Digital: https://www.r66d.com

== Contributors ==

====== Individuals (listed alphabetically) ======

* Régis Bekale - Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec - Executive Producer - original concept creator
*Martine Campbell - administration
* Vincent Del Campo - Blender 3D model optimization
* Daniel Delisle - Senior CAD model developer
* Lizzie Laubie - 3D modeling intern
* Sidney Lavoie - technical writer
* Ryma Merrouchi - technical writer
* Clément Perrotte - Blender 3D model optimization
* Jean Philippe Poirier - senior technical advisor, mechanical engineering and animation consultant

====== Corporate (listed alphabetically) ======

* Route 66 Digital - Blender 3D model optimization, interface design, project management, programming and consulting

Route 66 Digital - Capricorn Project

2023-02-08T15:48:47Z

Xeon: FAQ section

[[Category:Apps and Demos]]

== Overview ==
In 2022, Robotique ''FIRS''T Québec (https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/) approached Route 66 Digital, LLC ( https://www.r66d.com/ ) to help in the development of a Verge3d application based on an existing CAD model of a competition robot.

This project involves many people from around the globe that have dedicated their time voluntarily to present an educational proof of concept that Régis Bekale of Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec has envisioned.
[[File:RFQ Jan Build.jpg|thumb|TRY THE INTERACTIVE https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build]]
This project is primarily funded through donations, partnerships, and modelers from around the globe.

Original Work by: Régis Bekale

Developed by: Route 66 Digital, LLC

====== In Partnership with: ======
Azrieli Foundation

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec

Fusion Jeunesse

Route 66 Digital

École Secondaire Saint-Laurent

== Partner With Us ==
We are harnessing the power of video game technology and leveraging students' desire to explore and create in 3D environments to inform and educate in an entertaining and meaningful way. We are pushing the boundaries of technology to bring interactive educational 3D content to every student on desktop and mobile devices where they can learn STEM concepts easily and quickly at home, work or play. Our hopes and dreams are to enable each student the ability to have their own interactive technology platform in the palm of their hands eliminating financial and physical barriers that prohibit many from gaining valuable experience. Software updates will expand content and functionality allowing the students to use the application as a long-term learning system.

We need your financial help to achieve our dreams and goals. Your contributions today can go a long way to helping students Learn without Limits.

Join our team of partners: Azrieli Foundation, Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec, Fusion Jeunesse, Route 66 Digital and École Secondaire Saint-Laurent, to help us develop the pedagogical tool named Capricorn. With your support, the possibilities are enormous! But to achieve these goals, we need you! Your technical, creative expertise or financial contribution would be a catalyst to support this project! Please contact us at [mailto: Info@robitquefirstquebec.org info@robitquefirstquebec.org].

== '''Project Goals''' ==
The goal of the Capricorn project is to create a 3D immersive educational platform that educators can use to reach their students in new and exciting ways. To provide an educational tool that can be accessed from anywhere that explains complex scientific topics through interactive lesson plans and gamification while promoting and garnering interest in science and technology. Educators can utilize existing content such as the initial robot or upload new content from a future existing library or content they create. Students can follow along in class or explore the content on their own where ever they are. They will be able to learn and deepen their understanding of electronics, mechanics, numerous STEM concepts as well as the rapid and efficient prototyping of a robot for the ''FIRST'' international robotics competition.

We call upon inspiring people with endless creativity from all STEM fields and many others to help bring our vision to fruition.

[https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build Try Capricorn] and discover what it means to learn without limits!

== '''Timeline''' ==

===== '''JANUARY 17th, 2023''' =====
Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec and Route 66 Digital have developed a 3D interactive for the 2023 Robotics Festival. Visit the ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal on January 28th, 2023. Be one of the first to experience the first of three interactives to be released this year. Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

===== '''JANUARY 28th, 2023''' =====
Interactive on display at ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal

===== '''JANUARY 29th, 2023''' =====
'''Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/'''

'''The January build's primary function was to reduce the triangle count from over 30 million to under 3 million. The initial thoughts were that the CAD models could be optimized or decimated to achieve a minimum target of 3 million with the phase 1 timing. It was quickly realized that optimization took longer than remodeling from scratch and did not yield good results. Remodeling allowed for complete control over good topology allowing us to use even fewer triangles than expected. Due to the January delivery date requirement, model optimization stopped when we reached 1.9 million triangles 33% below our target. Optimization of the models continues and we expect to be under 1,000,000 triangles by mid-summer 2023. Although the build was designed as Verge3d app output to an Electron App the online version worked so well we thought we would release it too.'''

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

====== January Build ======
Q: Why is the shading flat?

A: CAD models when imported into Blender arrive with nearly every edge marked as sharp and no smoothing groups, leading to very flat rendered surfaces. The optimized models, created in Blender, have sharps on required edges and auto smoothing producing nice smooth curved surfaces within the limits of the target triangle count for each object as described above. The January Build had many objectives: a proof of concept, a work in progress milestone and a kiosk to be shown to partners and investors but most importantly, the output could not impact the continuing development of the March and Summer builds. With these factors in mind, the January Build left many components not shaded smooth that will be updated in subsequent builds.

Q: Why don't you use normal maps, ambient occlusion or more detailed texture maps?

A: When working on a project with mid process releases, there are a few methods that can be used to produce the delivery. The first is to fork the model and code at a particular point and then work on this branch separately from the main branch, allowing it to be fully optimized, textured, mapped, etc. This type of process requires you have at your disposal a larger team that can handle simultaneous development of the two development branches and most importantly the funding to support the level of effort required. This project is being funded by non profits Robitque ''FIRST'' Québec and Fusion Jeunesse and an approach that did not impact their budget was the direction selected. If the project was forked, the model would have been UV mapped, textured, organized, animated and shaded three separate times. increasing the cost of the project. The approach taken, allows the use prototype textures and shaders or simple place holders until all the model optimization and animation is completed. Since the first two releases are "proof of concepts" and "work in progress updates" the final texturing, normal maps, shading, etc. can wait until the end allow us to optimize the textures around the final: object count, triangle count, and memory usage per device type. Most importantly it ensures we do this process only one time saving the client additional costs.

== '''Links''' ==
Soft8Soft Youtube -https://youtu.be/-r5WjvL4lig

Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec: https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/

Route 66 Digital: https://www.r66d.com

== Contributors ==

====== Individuals (listed alphabetically) ======

* Régis Bekale - Robitique ''FIRST'' Québec - Executive Producer - original concept creator
*Martine Campbell - administration
* Vincent Del Campo - Blender 3D model optimization
* Daniel Delisle - CAD model developer
* Lizzie Laubie - 3D modeling intern
* Sidney Lavoie - technical writer
* Ryma Merrouchi - technical writer
* Clément Perrotte - Blender 3D model optimization
* Jean Philippe Poirier - senior technical advisor, mechanical engineering and animation consultant

====== Corporate (listed alphabetically) ======

* Route 66 Digital - Blender 3D model optimization, interface design, project management, programming and consulting

Route 66 Digital - Capricorn Project

2023-02-04T16:39:25Z

Xeon: /* Individuals (listed alphabetically) */

[[Category:Apps and Demos]]

== Overview ==
In 2022, Robotique ''FIRS''T Québec (https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/) approached Route 66 Digital, LLC ( https://www.r66d.com/ ) to help in the development of a Verge3d application based on an existing CAD model of a competition robot.

This project involves many people from around the globe that have dedicated their time voluntarily to present an educational proof of concept that Régis Bekale of Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec has envisioned.
[[File:RFQ Jan Build.jpg|thumb|TRY THE INTERACTIVE https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build]]
This project is primarily funded through donations, partnerships, and modelers from around the globe.

Original Work by: Régis Bekale

Developed by: Route 66 Digital, LLC

====== In Partnership with: ======
Azrieli Foundation

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec

Fusion Jeunesse

Route 66 Digital

École Secondaire Saint-Laurent

== Partner With Us ==
We are harnessing the power of video game technology and leveraging students' desire to explore and create in 3D environments to inform and educate in an entertaining and meaningful way. We are pushing the boundaries of technology to bring interactive educational 3D content to every student on desktop and mobile devices where they can learn STEM concepts easily and quickly at home, work or play. Our hopes and dreams are to enable each student the ability to have their own interactive technology platform in the palm of their hands eliminating financial and physical barriers that prohibit many from gaining valuable experience. Software updates will expand content and functionality allowing the students to use the application as a long-term learning system.

We need your financial help to achieve our dreams and goals. Your contributions today can go a long way to helping students Learn without Limits.

Join our team of partners: Azrieli Foundation, Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec, Fusion Jeunesse, Route 66 Digital and École Secondaire Saint-Laurent, to help us develop the pedagogical tool named Capricorn. With your support, the possibilities are enormous! But to achieve these goals, we need you! Your technical, creative expertise or financial contribution would be a catalyst to support this project! Please contact us at [mailto: Info@robitquefirstquebec.org info@robitquefirstquebec.org].

== '''Project Goals''' ==
The goal of the Capricorn project is to create a 3D immersive educational platform that educators can use to reach their students in new and exciting ways. To provide an educational tool that can be accessed from anywhere that explains complex scientific topics through interactive lesson plans and gamification while promoting and garnering interest in science and technology. Educators can utilize existing content such as the initial robot or upload new content from a future existing library or content they create. Students can follow along in class or explore the content on their own where ever they are. They will be able to learn and deepen their understanding of electronics, mechanics, numerous STEM concepts as well as the rapid and efficient prototyping of a robot for the ''FIRST'' international robotics competition.

We call upon inspiring people with endless creativity from all STEM fields and many others to help bring our vision to fruition.

[https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build Try Capricorn] and discover what it means to learn without limits!

== '''Timeline''' ==

===== '''JANUARY 17th, 2023''' =====
Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec and Route 66 Digital have developed a 3D interactive for the 2023 Robotics Festival. Visit the ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal on January 28th, 2023. Be one of the first to experience the first of three interactives to be released this year. Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

===== '''JANUARY 28th, 2023''' =====
Interactive on display at ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal

===== '''JANUARY 29th, 2023''' =====
'''Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/'''

'''The January build's primary function was to reduce the triangle count from over 30 million to under 3 million. The initial thoughts were that the CAD models could be optimized or decimated to achieve a minimum target of 3 million with the phase 1 timing. It was quickly realized that optimization took longer than remodeling from scratch and did not yield good results. Remodeling allowed for complete control over good topology allowing us to use even fewer triangles than expected. Due to the January delivery date requirement, model optimization stopped when we reached 1.9 million triangles 33% below our target. Optimization of the models continues and we expect to be under 1,000,000 triangles by mid-summer 2023. Although the build was designed as Verge3d app output to an Electron App the online version worked so well we thought we would release it too.'''

== '''Links''' ==
Soft8Soft Youtube -https://youtu.be/-r5WjvL4lig

Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec: https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/

Route 66 Digital: https://www.r66d.com

== Contributors ==

====== Individuals (listed alphabetically) ======

* Régis Bekale - Robitique ''FIRST'' Québec - Executive Producer - original concept creator
*Martine Campbell - administration
* Vincent Del Campo - Blender 3D model optimization
* Daniel Delisle - CAD model developer
* Lizzie Laubie - 3D modeling intern
* Sidney Lavoie - technical writer
* Ryma Merrouchi - technical writer
* Clément Perrotte - Blender 3D model optimization
* Jean Philippe Poirier - senior technical advisor, mechanical engineering and animation consultant

====== Corporate (listed alphabetically) ======

* Route 66 Digital - Blender 3D model optimization, interface design, project management, programming and consulting

Route 66 Digital - Capricorn Project

2023-02-04T16:38:57Z

Xeon: /* Individuals (listed alphabetically) */

[[Category:Apps and Demos]]

== Overview ==
In 2022, Robotique ''FIRS''T Québec (https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/) approached Route 66 Digital, LLC ( https://www.r66d.com/ ) to help in the development of a Verge3d application based on an existing CAD model of a competition robot.

This project involves many people from around the globe that have dedicated their time voluntarily to present an educational proof of concept that Régis Bekale of Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec has envisioned.
[[File:RFQ Jan Build.jpg|thumb|TRY THE INTERACTIVE https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build]]
This project is primarily funded through donations, partnerships, and modelers from around the globe.

Original Work by: Régis Bekale

Developed by: Route 66 Digital, LLC

====== In Partnership with: ======
Azrieli Foundation

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec

Fusion Jeunesse

Route 66 Digital

École Secondaire Saint-Laurent

== Partner With Us ==
We are harnessing the power of video game technology and leveraging students' desire to explore and create in 3D environments to inform and educate in an entertaining and meaningful way. We are pushing the boundaries of technology to bring interactive educational 3D content to every student on desktop and mobile devices where they can learn STEM concepts easily and quickly at home, work or play. Our hopes and dreams are to enable each student the ability to have their own interactive technology platform in the palm of their hands eliminating financial and physical barriers that prohibit many from gaining valuable experience. Software updates will expand content and functionality allowing the students to use the application as a long-term learning system.

We need your financial help to achieve our dreams and goals. Your contributions today can go a long way to helping students Learn without Limits.

Join our team of partners: Azrieli Foundation, Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec, Fusion Jeunesse, Route 66 Digital and École Secondaire Saint-Laurent, to help us develop the pedagogical tool named Capricorn. With your support, the possibilities are enormous! But to achieve these goals, we need you! Your technical, creative expertise or financial contribution would be a catalyst to support this project! Please contact us at [mailto: Info@robitquefirstquebec.org info@robitquefirstquebec.org].

== '''Project Goals''' ==
The goal of the Capricorn project is to create a 3D immersive educational platform that educators can use to reach their students in new and exciting ways. To provide an educational tool that can be accessed from anywhere that explains complex scientific topics through interactive lesson plans and gamification while promoting and garnering interest in science and technology. Educators can utilize existing content such as the initial robot or upload new content from a future existing library or content they create. Students can follow along in class or explore the content on their own where ever they are. They will be able to learn and deepen their understanding of electronics, mechanics, numerous STEM concepts as well as the rapid and efficient prototyping of a robot for the ''FIRST'' international robotics competition.

We call upon inspiring people with endless creativity from all STEM fields and many others to help bring our vision to fruition.

[https://www.r66d.com/robot-explorer-january-build Try Capricorn] and discover what it means to learn without limits!

== '''Timeline''' ==

===== '''JANUARY 17th, 2023''' =====
Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec and Route 66 Digital have developed a 3D interactive for the 2023 Robotics Festival. Visit the ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal on January 28th, 2023. Be one of the first to experience the first of three interactives to be released this year. Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

===== '''JANUARY 28th, 2023''' =====
Interactive on display at ''FIRST'' Tech Challenge Provincial Championship at Grand Quay of Port Montréal

===== '''JANUARY 29th, 2023''' =====
'''Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/'''

'''The January build's primary function was to reduce the triangle count from over 30 million to under 3 million. The initial thoughts were that the CAD models could be optimized or decimated to achieve a minimum target of 3 million with the phase 1 timing. It was quickly realized that optimization took longer than remodeling from scratch and did not yield good results. Remodeling allowed for complete control over good topology allowing us to use even fewer triangles than expected. Due to the January delivery date requirement, model optimization stopped when we reached 1.9 million triangles 33% below our target. Optimization of the models continues and we expect to be under 1,000,000 triangles by mid-summer 2023. Although the build was designed as Verge3d app output to an Electron App the online version worked so well we thought we would release it too.'''

== '''Links''' ==
Soft8Soft Youtube -https://youtu.be/-r5WjvL4lig

Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/4_CMLTjgpmo

Interactive viewable online at: https://webgl.r66dapps.com/robotique_first_quebec/

Robotique ''FIRST'' Québec: https://robotiquefirstquebec.org/

Route 66 Digital: https://www.r66d.com

== Contributors ==

====== Individuals (listed alphabetically) ======

* Régis Bekale - Robitique ''FIRST'' Quebec - Executive Producer - original concept creator
*Martine Campbell - administration
* Vincent Del Campo - Blender 3D model optimization
* Daniel Delisle - CAD model developer
* Lizzie Laubie - 3D modeling intern
* Sidney Lavoie - technical writer
* Ryma Merrouchi - technical writer
* Clément Perrotte - Blender 3D model optimization
* Jean Philippe Poirier - senior technical advisor, mechanical engineering and animation consultant

====== Corporate (listed alphabetically) ======

* Route 66 Digital - Blender 3D model optimization, interface design, project management, programming and consulting

Route 66 Digital - Capricorn Project

2023-02-02T19:03:19Z

Xeon: addition of contributors

Route 66 Digital - Capricorn Project

2023-02-01T18:44:50Z

Xeon: link edits

2021-10-14T15:33:33Z

Xeon:

'''The Escape Room is an interactive short''' created using Blender 2.93 and Verge3D 3.8. The following is a Behind the Scenes look at the making of the Escape Room.

The Escape Room was developed by Route 66 Digital as an internal R&D project and was released to the public so they could join in the fun. When we start this project we had a few specific items we were trying to learn more about: memory management, redraws, lighting and light probes.

For us memory management was one of the biggest concerns we had with respect to making very large experiences. Most of this was my own personal fault. My background in video animation made for some very large models and textures, not suited for online use. I was making detailed models with hundreds of parts per model with equally large number of independent textures or buying models online and using those without optimization. For this and all future projects I knew I needed a new process. For the room, I ditched the idea of modeling in nurbs and used the native polygon modeling in Blender. I spent time trying to create high resolution models with my usual detail and had planned to bake those textures and normals down to a lower poly. But the room is mostly comprised of simple cubes so I skipped this step and created only low poly models adding in beveling and subdivisions surfaces where I needed the details for the maps, knowing I would rely on textures to make up the detail where applicable.

After completing the initial build I had roughly 1.4 million triangles and approximately 1200 unique objects, 86 lights and roughly 700Mb in textures. Yes, you are right...that would never work. Because our goal was to determine the effects of atlas textures, I kept a lot of detail in for the texture baking, knowing that I would be reducing the poly count and combining objects once the textures were baked. This process took the longest. Initial testing and noise levels in the maps required that I bake the textures at 8K at 10,000 samples using Cycles. Over the next three months I tested many different baking plugins and found that at least for me, the best results were just setting them up by hand. There are several youtube videos about how to bake multiple textures to a map. What they never seem to tell you is the a very important secret - Noise. More importantly, they don't mention how to overcome it. I thought Blender would have just done it during the rendering of the bake but it does not. The good news and the secret to removing the noise is built in Blender. Blenders compositor has a denoiser that works quite well as long as the textures being denoised have their smallest detail 10x larger than the noise, otherwise the denoiser will effectively erase the small details. This was especially apparent with text. To avoid loosing the text during a denoise filter, I ended up removing all the items that had text and kept those as independent maps using PNGs vs JPG to keep the quality up.

Once the maps were completed, I reduced and optimize the scene geometry and applied the baked maps.. I had captured all the lighting and shadows in the baked textures so I was able to delete all the lights. The final scene has 72,331 vertices and 134,253 triangles, 134 objects and 0 lights. Zero lights was key to lowering redraws which in turn affects the performance of the application. As an added bonus the quality of rendered scene looked more inline with a video than had we used physical lighting. So thats a win win.

With three of the four goals completed, it was time to move on to light probes. The glass walls in the middle of the room reflected the HDR background and we needed it to reflect the room. There were other objects in the room that needed reflection attention as well. I started by placing small reflection cubes through out the scene but quickly realized the performance price. Although not perfect, I settled for one large reflection cube.

At this point the research was complete and the projects are usually backed up and stored for reference but I had another idea, the Escape Room. Once the project was exported to a GLTF the focus became all about puzzles and javascript.

The game interaction is very standard Verge3d things, on drag, on rotate, on click, etc. We did notice that for drag events....its better to have the camera off angle than straight on otherwise the rotation of the combination lock would rotate in unpredictable directions making it impossible to enter the combination. I utilized raycasting to navigate, along with a constraint material to keep the camera in the bounds of the room. Since this was going to be available on mobile phones, I setup different tween targets for mobile and desktop.

Luckily for me I was able to hand off the design of the menu system to our programming team and they spit out some great javascript that allowed me to implement a preloader with video and a menu system. Game inventory items, hints, camera rotation controls and sound control were added. We kept the instructions to a minimum. The video was created using Apple Motion using actual screen shots of the game.

We hope you enjoy the game.

Behind the Scenes - Escape Room

2021-10-14T07:18:41Z

Xeon: Initial Edit

'''The Escape Room is an interactive short''' created using Blender 2.93 and Verge3D 3.8. The following is a Behind the Scenes look at the making of the Escape Room.

The Escape Room was developed by Route 66 Digital as an internal R&D project and was released to the public so they could join in the fun. When we start this project we had a few specific items we were trying to learn more about: memory management, redraws, lighting and light probes.

For us memory management was one of the biggest concerns we had with respect to making very large experiences. Most of this was my own personal fault. My background in video animation made for some very large models and textures, not suited for online use. I was making overly detailed models with hundreds of parts per model with equally large number of independent textures or buying models online and using those without optimization. For this and all future projects I knew I needed a new process. For the room, I ditched the idea of modeling in nurbs and used the native polygon modeling in Blender. I purposefully created only low poly models knowing I would rely on textures to make up the detail where applicable.

After completing the initial build I had roughly 1.4 million triangles and approximately 1200 unique objects, 86 lights and roughly 700Mb in textures. Yes, you are right...that would never work. Because our goal was determine the effects of atlas textures, I kept a lot of detail in for the texture baking, knowing that I would be reducing the poly count and combining objects once the textures were baked. This process took the longest. Initial testing and noise levels in the maps required that I bake the textures at 8K at 10,000 samples using Cycles. Over the next three months I tested many different baking plugins and found that at least for me, the best results were just setting them up by hand. There are several youtube videos about how to bake multiple textures to a map. What they never seem to tell you is the a very important secret - Noise. More importantly, they don't mention how to overcome it. I thought Blender would have just done it during the rendering of the bake but it does not. The good news and the secret to removing the noise is built in Blender. Blenders compositor has a denoiser that works quite well as long as the textures being denoised have their smallest detail 10x larger than the noise, otherwise the denoiser will effectively erase the small details. This was especially apparent with text. To avoid loosing the text during a denoise filter, I ended up removing all the items that had text and kept those as independent maps using PNGs vs JPG to keep the quality up.

Once the maps were completed, I reduced and optimize the scene geometry and applied the baked maps.. I had captured all the lighting and shadows in the baked textures so I was able to delete all the lights. The final scene has 72,331 vertices and 134,253 triangles, 134 objects and 0 lights. Zero lights was key to lowering redraws which in turn affects the performance of the application. As an added bonus the quality of rendered scene looked more inline with a video than had we used physical lighting. So thats a win win.

With three of the four goals completed, it was time to move on to light probes. The glass walls in the middle of the room reflected the HDR background and we needed it to reflect the room. There were other objects in the room that needed reflection attention as well. I started by placing small reflection cubes through out the scene but quickly realized the performance price. Although not perfect, I settled for one large reflection cube.

At this point the research was complete and the projects are usually backed up and stored for reference but I had another idea, the Escape Room. Once the project was exported to a GLTF the focus became all about puzzles and javascript.

The game interaction is very standard Verge3d things, on drag, on rotate, on click, etc. We did notice that for drag events....its better to have the camera off angle than straight on otherwise the rotation of the combination lock would rotate in unpredictable directions making it impossible to enter the combination. I utilized raycasting to navigate, along with a constraint material to keep the camera in the bounds of the room. Since this was going to be available on mobile phones, I setup different tween targets for mobile and desktop.

Luckily for me I was able to hand off the design of the menu system to our programming team and they spit out some great javascript that allowed me to implement a preloader with video and a menu system. Game inventory items, hints, camera rotation controls and sound control were added. We kept the instructions to a minimum. The video was created using Apple Motion using actual screen shots of the game.

We hope you enjoy the game.