

Show HN: Best Buy Uses WebGL to Create Interactive Appliances - relaunched
http://esd.bbystatic.com/3d/1540319/

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relaunched
This is a project my team has been working on a very long time and I'm really
excited to see it in the wild.

All the 3d urls:

    
    
      * 4-Door Refrigerator - http://esd.bbystatic.com/3d/5258309/  
    
      * Top-Load Washer - http://esd.bbystatic.com/3d/8822012/ 
      
      * Front-Load Washer w/ Steam and Water Jets - http://esd.bbystatic.com/3d/4995705/

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Cakez0r
I don't suppose you guys have found a way to make it economical to model,
texture and animate products en masse? ;)

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relaunched
LoL, it is not fully automated. Unfortunately, the economics isn't something I
can talk about.

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Cakez0r
Figured as much. I've worked on projects before that have tried to make it
work financially, but 3D capture always falls short on quality (and I'll bet
the specular highlights on those appliances caused you guys many hours of fun
if you tried that approach too!) and it's too expensive to hand-craft all the
assets. Hope you guys make it work! It's a cool area and I'm sure you'll have
clients queuing up if you can!

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addedlovely
On mobile there's no navigation back to the product page? What if I want to
buy it?

Be interesting to hear if this is actually useful for people or just tech for
the point of tech. The zoom to see the controls I can see the benefit of, the
underside of the washing machine less so!

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addedlovely
Just to add, nice implementation, worked smoothly on an iPhone 6.

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relaunched
Thanks! We're very proud of what we've built, though we're still working on
it.

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edejong
As much as I would like to be enthralled by such technology, it seems we have
hardly progressed at all in the last 10 years wrt 3D web technology. For
example, look at this demo of VRML shader technology which is 9 years old:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFz7-RbGV8s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFz7-RbGV8s)

Now, where are the game changers?

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Zacharot
There is no discharge port.

