3-D Model Support Comes To MediaGoblin

paroneayea writes "MediaGoblin and LulzBot have teamed up to bring 3-D model support to MediaGoblin! The announcement shows off a live demo of the new feature... it uses Blender on the backend to render stills and thingiview.js to show realtime WebGL previews. This means MediaGoblin is becoming more useful for 3-D artists and people interested in 3-D printing, especially those looking for a free-as-in-freedom alternative to Thingiverse."

Re:What is MediaGoblin?

[paroneayea]

Heya, You're right actually, I missed submitting that. MediaGoblin is basically what you can think of as a free software, decentralized replacement to media publishing systems like YouTube/Flickr/SoundCloud... and now moving into the Thingiverse space. :)

Re:What is MediaGoblin?

[compro01]

From context, it appears to be a media sharing website for images and now, 3d objects.

Not quite. MediaGoblin is a free open source software suite developed by the GNU project for creating your own media sharing site.

Re:Okay....

[mounthood]

Video support is already here, and soon you'll be able to add plugins for almost any type of media publishing... including presentations or 3d model files. And we're planning for federation with OStatus so we can build a decentralized yet cohesive media hosting future.

(emp. mine, found here [mediagoblin.org]) Amazing that so many projects can't get this most basic communication right. A one sentence description should be a priority for any project, otherwise how do you know what you're making?