Blender - Microsoft

Daf57

https://www.blender.org/press/microsoft-joins-the-blender-development-fund/

This makes me uneasy for some reason. Glad that Blender is getting the money but...

oglu

There is no but. Nothing to worry its only 30k. 
Great to see Blender growing!

Daf57

oglu said:

Great to see Blender growing!

Agreed!

Eric Chadwick

Plus, MS is already devoted to open source software. I work closely with their teams on glTF standards, exporters, and viewers. Investment in The Blender Foundation only makes sense.

oglu

True we did a project with the Microsoft open source engine BabylonJS. And Blender does have the best exporter.
https://www.babylonjs.com/

Daf57

Eric Chadwick said:

Plus, MS is already devoted to open source software.

I've done a bit more ready about this and feel a bit silly about my initial reaction. It's not like it was Autodesk giving the money. :P

Now my question is ... only $30K? Ha ha!

oglu

Yes a Corporate Gold Membership is 30k a year. 

cptSwing

oglu said:

True we did a project with the Microsoft open source engine BabylonJS. And Blender does have the best exporter.
https://www.babylonjs.com/

Aye, their staff is super helpful regarding babylon itself (which our company'll probably be switching to shortly) and the 3ds max gltf exporter..

fdfxd2

Is there something to be afraid of? Microsoft isn't buying blender, they're just sponsoring it.

RN

cptSwing said:

(which our company'll probably be switching to shortly)

What kind of use of BabylonJS would that be? Is it web games?

oglu

BabylonJS is not limited to web.
https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonNative

RN

That sounds pretty cool, but it says it's in "public preview" state --there's some things yet in their to-do list like user input and font rendering. I'm not sure if @cptSwing's team would be using it in this state.

cptSwing

I don't work in games anymore, it's more interactive story-telling with 3D in the vein of the things you see on three.js' showcase page ... while not my decision to make, it seems as stable as threeJS by all accounts - those two being the only serious players in the web3d market afaik.