“A-Frame Tutorials” Video Series

Alexandra Etienne has published a 7-part video series on working with A-Frame on YouTube: A-Frame is a framework for building rich 3D experiences on the web. It’s built on top of three.js, an advanced 3D JavaScript library that makes working with WebGL extremely fun. The cool part is that A-Frame lets you build WebVR apps …

The Thistlegorm Project

One of the most famous wrecks to dive on is that of the SS Thistlegorm, a British merchant steam ship that was sunk by German bombers on 6 October 1941 near Ras Muhamad (Red Sea, Egypt). The University of Nottingham, Ain Shams (Cairo) and Alexandria University have joined forces to create a 3D model of …

Playing with React VR

The folks at Hashrocket have a nice introductory writeup on getting started with the aforementioned React VR. So if you’ve been doing React or React Native for the past months, you’ll see that React VR is super simple to get started and will let you build exciting 360 experiences. Starting from the default React VR …

React VR – Build VR websites and interactive 360 experiences with React

React VR is a framework for the creation of VR applications that run in your web browser. It pairs modern APIs like WebGL and WebVR with the declarative power of React, producing experiences that can be consumed through a variety of devices. Leveraging web technologies and the existing React ecosystem, React VR aims to simplify …

Sketching for virtual reality in 360°

Virtual reality is a brand new frontier, but there are already tools that cover almost all the steps of creating a new experience (thank you, game industry). Sketching however, still remains a method that works … if you do it right: I used to do a lot sketches of only part of the view, or …

Glen Keane – Step into the Page

Be inspired: Over nearly four decades at Disney, Glen Keane animated some the most compelling characters of our time: Ariel from The Little Mermaid, the titular beast in Beauty and the Beast, and Disney’s Tarzan, to name just a few. Keane has spent his career embracing new tools, from digital environments to 3D animation to …