Free or cheep Realtime 3D viewing online

Silverthunder

I'm in a bit of a bind. I'm looking for some method of presenting 3D scenes in real-time on a webpage. I'm aware there are plenty of programs that help you achieve this, like Marmoset for example, but I don't quite have the money for these. I'm still kind of new to the 3D world, so my knowledge about this particular thing is extremely limited. Any thoughts or suggestions?

PolyHertz

https://sketchfab.com/

Silverthunder

Any other possible options? The one upload a month is a bit restrictive for what I might need. I suppose if there aren't any other options I don't have much of a choice but to pay, but I was hoping for something more, if that makes sense. 

BagelHero

For newish to 3D and looking for free, you probably should be looking at "what restrictions can I live with" more than "what can do everything that I want". Probably, you're going to want to go with sketchfab unless you can see yourself building your own HTML5 launcher in UE4 or something-- Oh, though? maybe something like this: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GlvL3

That's not free, but like $7 is a far cry from $189 or so for Toolbag (Which, by the by, in this field is still pretty cheap esp since it fairly regularly goes on sale). I have no idea if it comes with the ability to export that HTML5 viewer that's used for the demo. No idea how much custom work you'll need to do to get it to do exactly what you want or look how you want. That's the difficulty with things that are provided low-cost or free, unfortunately.

In the long run, I'd personally recommend saving up for Marmoset Toolbag if you're certain you'll need unrestricted uploads for, like, portfolio/display use. It's convenient, though understandble to not be able to afford it off the bat. Just unlikely you'll find something unrestricted with similar function for free.

Silverthunder

Thanks! Appreciate the info. I just wanted to make sure of my options before I committed to anything, especially given the budgetary limitations I've had recently. It's more for product display for someone I'm working with than portfolio. But, eh, beggars can't be choosers I suppose. 

ymt3d

Sketchfabをお勧めします。
開発できる場合は、UnrealEngineまたはThree.jsを使用してください。

アンリアルエンジンを使用している場合は、このプロジェクトファイルを購入すると役立つ場合があります。
Unreal Model Viewer：  $ 6.50
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3oLJNg
最後にUnrealEngineを使用してHtml5に出力

その他…
Nira： 早期アクセス
https://nira.app/

Babylon.js
https：//www.babylonjs .com /
HTML5リアルタイムエンジン

PLAYCANVAShttps
https://playcanvas.jp/
WebGL / HTML5ゲームエンジン

および
..glTF2.0エクスポート+ Three.js
または
glTFビューアー
https://gltf-viewer.donmccurdy.com/

Silverthunder

Very low skill with programming and the like, but, that plugin* certainly looks enticing if I could figure out how to get it to work. Nira though? I'll definitely take a closer look at that. 

RN

There's also Blend4Web, there's a free / open-source version and it's based on Blender for exporting your scene.

Links:

- Webmasters! 3 Ways to 3D Web

- [Video] Blend4Web Embedding Options (with subtitles)

Edit: this is what it's used for: https://vetipl.github.io/gullwing.html

Silverthunder

RN said:

There's also Blend4Web, there's a free / open-source version and it's based on Blender for exporting your scene.

Wowa! This looks absolutely perfect! I'm definitely giving this one a shot, not sure how I couldn't find this before. Thanks a million!

V!nc3r

You could be also be interested in the BabylonJS viewer: https://doc.babylonjs.com/extensions/the_babylon_viewer

Basically:

1. export your scene as gltf/glb (included by detfault in Blender, for other softwares you can check here for example)

2. copy-paste html code from the documentation linked above and modify the url of your gltf

3. profit!

Note that contrary to Sketchfab viewer which use its own proprietary format, your gltf file can be downloaded by anyone looking at your html source, and then imported into Blender or other 3D software.