{"id":3751,"date":"2016-05-17T20:19:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T12:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/17\/sketchfab-wants-to-do-for-vr-what-youtube-did-for-video\/"},"modified":"2016-05-17T20:19:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T12:19:17","slug":"sketchfab-wants-to-do-for-vr-what-youtube-did-for-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/17\/sketchfab-wants-to-do-for-vr-what-youtube-did-for-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchfab wants to do for VR what YouTube did for video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2016%2f05%2f17%2f59%2fsktchfb.63fcc\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/ZXW2I1u2SSZr9CMrilvnDW9yaA8=\/575x323\/2016%2F05%2F17%2F59%2Fsktchfb.63fcc.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Sketchfab+wants+to+do+for+VR+what+YouTube+did+for+video&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F17%2Fsketchfab-virtual-reality-app%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F17%2Fsketchfab-virtual-reality-app%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The company boasting the largest online collection of 3D models, Sketchfab, is taking a dive into <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/virtual-reality\/\">virtual reality<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And to show off exactly what&#8217;s possible with the new VR dynamic, the company has launched a showcase app called Sketchfab VR, which introduces users to a number of different 3D environments that can be explored in-depth using a VR headset<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/04\/virtual-reality-record\/\">Virtual reality record set as man spends 25 hours in an HTC Vive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beginning Tuesday, the app is available for the <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/oculus\/\">Oculus Rift<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/htc-vive\/\">HTC Vive<\/a>, Samsung <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/samsung-gear-vr\/\">Gear VR<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/google-cardboard\/\">Google Cardboard<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>But rather than act as a tool, the app is meant as a gateway into Sketchfab&#8217;s bigger promise: to create a kind of YouTube of VR content created by users and embeddable on nearly any kind of site <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/17\/sketchfab-virtual-reality-app\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/facebook\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/vr\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Vr<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/virtual-reality\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Virtual Reality<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/apps-software\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Apps Software<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1463487373' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1463487373'><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/b7lG1Gr6aLE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company boasting the largest online collection of 3D models, Sketchfab, is taking a dive into virtual reality And to show off exactly what&#8217;s possible with the new VR dynamic, the company has launched a showcase app called Sketchfab VR, &hellip; 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