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Epic Games Buys Sketchfab: Analysis
Epic Games has acquired Sketchfab, an online platform for displaying 3D content. The site has over 4 million files on display and 5 million members. With Sketchfab, companies, designers, and…
3D Printing News Briefs: March 27, 2020
We’re beginning today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with a little research, and then moving on to business. An international team of researchers has been experimenting with 3D printed medications that…
3D Printing News Briefs: July 27, 2018
We’ve got plenty of awards and other business news for you today in 3D Printing News Briefs. Sinterit and ViscoTec each received awards for their technology, while Arkema announced that…
Sketchfab Store for 3D Models Officially Out of Beta Mode and Open for Business
Founded in 2012, Sketchfab is the world’s largest 3D model platform, and a very popular place for its over 1.5 million community members – mostly hobbyists and professionals – to easily discover, publish,…
The Latest 3D Printing Kickstarter Campaigns: Volumetric Images and 3D Printable Dino Models
From new 3D printers and 3D software to the latest 3D printed customizable products, we like to keep you updated on the latest crowdfunding campaigns on the popular Kickstarter website,…
3D Printing News Briefs: March 16, 2018
Tomorrow is Saint Patrick’s Day, so to kick things off on today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re talking about beer, though it’s not green – Ripples is using 3D printing…
Facebook Now Supports Standard glTF 2.0 File Format for 3D Posts
I must have missed the fact that this is Online Platform 3D Announcement Week – on the same day that media file repository Wikimedia Commons announced that it is allowing…
Sketchfab Store Launches in Beta for Members Interested in Selling Their 3D Printable Content
Sketchfab, the largest 3D model platform in the world, has grown in leaps and bounds since it was established nearly six years ago as a place for people to easily…
CGTrader Raises $2.3 Million to Scale 3D Model Marketplace
Lithuania-based 3D model marketplace CGTrader has been around since 2011, doubling its user population in 2014 and 2015, thanks to its popular contests and fun designs, along with the important partnerships it’s formed….
Google’s New Poly Platform is Home to Free 3D Objects to Build AR and VR Apps
Google is a veritable technology titan, coming out with 3D creations like the Smart Bathroom, Jump for VR, and Google Tilt Brush, and providing high-profile funding to big-name 3D printing…
PieceMaker Announces Re-Launch as B2B 3D Printing Solutions and Product Customization Provider
Pittsburgh-based startup PieceMaker, founded in 2013 by two Carnegie Mellon University graduate students and offering both retail and consumer 3D printing, first got its start in the wonderful world of toys….
Cappasity Announces Development of ARToken-Powered Blockchain Ecosystem for Quick and Easy AR/VR/3D Content Creation
Cappasity, founded in 2013, is on a mission: to make 3D digitizing as simple as photography. The startup is known for its in-store browsing experience, with interactive 3D images, to…
3D Printing Business News for Your Weekend: Whispering Gibbon Launches Rebranded Technology, Sigma Labs Publishes Patent
It’s officially the weekend, and we know you’re ready to kick back and relax. So, we’ve taken the liberty of putting some of the latest 3D printing business news for…
Good News: It Looks Like Pinshape Isn’t as Shut Down as We Thought
Earlier in the week the online 3D printing community got some bad news in the form of 3D model marketplace PInshape announcing that they would be shutting down operations at…
Treatstock Says That it’s Time to Stop Giving Your 3D Models Away for Free, But is That Really the Answer?
Quite a few 3D designers found themselves out of a home this week as 3D model marketplace Pinshape unceremoniously announced that they were going to be shutting down at the…
