Community Wishlist/Wishes/Support full colour 3D models on Wikimedia projects
Description
The current issues surrounding Sketchfab show how important a non-commercial platform for sharing and visualising textured 3D models would be. Tens of thousands of 3D models under free licences are under threat, and in a petition to Sketchfab it is said that "this is the virtual equivalent of burning the Library of Alexandria".[1]
Another development makes this format so interesting. Nowadays, creating textured 3D models with a smartphone is not much more effort than shooting a foto or a video.
The glTF (Graphics Library Transmission Format) file format is an open standard for textured three-dimensional scenes and models (ISO/IEC 12113:2022).
During the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024, work has already been carried out to support this format WIP 1026883 .
The community has already developed functional prototypes on which further work could build (Prototype Wiki Site).
Assigned focus area
Media formats, editing, and display
Type of wish
Feature request
Related projects
Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons
Affected users
All users who want to contribute and view textured 3D models.