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3DRepo for Unity: Dynamic Loading of Version-Controlled 3D Assets into the Unity Game Engine

Learn how 3DRepo integrates with Unity to bring browser functionality into the game engine, enabling real-time loading of interchangeable 3D assets from CAD software. Discover the potential of repurposing commercial game engines for architectural visualization, with a focus on cross-platform support and easy scalability.

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3DRepo for Unity: Dynamic Loading of Version-Controlled 3D Assets into the Unity Game Engine

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  1. 3D Repo 4 Unity Dynamic Loading of Version Controlled 3D Assets into the Unity Game Engine Sebastian Friston, Carmen Fan, JozefDobos, Timothy Scully & Anthony Steed Web3D, June 2017

  2. 3D Repo • Version Control and Content Delivery Platform • Aimed at the construction industry • Used by Architects and Engineers, not Artists and Game Designers

  3. Commercial Game Engines for Arch-Viz

  4. Commercial Game Engines for Arch-Viz

  5. Challenges

  6. 3D Repo 4 Unity • Bring the functionality of the browser into the Unity game engine • Load interchange formats at runtime • Bridge between Unity specific systems and generalised 3D content from CAD software

  7. Unity3D • Commercial Game Engine • Mobile & Cross-Platform Pedigree • SME Friendly Licensing • Development done in Editor • Component-based programming model

  8. Implementation - Architecture

  9. Implementation - Web Client

  10. Implementation - Importer

  11. Implementation – Translation • Generalised 3D data -> Unity specific systems • Requires many assumptions to work • ‘Intelligent’ functionality kept in one class • Easy to modify and scale

  12. 3DRepo Client

  13. Putting Unity on the Web • One of the biggest benefits of a commercial engine is cross-platform support • Can this extend to the web?

  14. Putting Unity on the Web

  15. Conclusion • There is a lot of overlap between game engines and arch-viz • Repurposing them can provide a very high return on investment • It is quite feasible to graft browser capabilities into traditional engines, even closed source ones • They are not a panacea however • And there is till a large schism between the desktop and the web

  16. Thank You • Questions?

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