SceneCaster is an online application that allows people to create “spaces” which are 3d scenes on the browsers and share them which other.  It is free to sign up and relatively  easy easy to use. The main problems with SceneCaster are the requirements: The operating systems used are Windows XP or Vista and the browser must be FireFox or Internet Explorer. Also SceneCaster needs to install an application onto the users computer. These requirements limit the amount of people able to uses SceneCaster. I have created a demo using the c3dl library, which uses WebGL, to create a demo of SceneCaster called SceneCreator. This will allow many people to use SceneCaster without installing any software or pug-ins and will support many different browsers.

SceneCreator  has its own GitHub , LightHouse, Website and is worked on daily by Matthew Postill (me). If you would like to see the progression of SceneCreator you can check out my blog at http://sonnilion.wordpress.com/. The demo is located here (requires a WebGL enabled browser). The demo is on version  0.3 and has 3 views 2D, 3D, and Google 3D Warehouse.

2D:

  • display 3d object using bounding boxes, walls, lights, and enclosures in a 2d scene
  • create wall
  • insert lights
  • new scene(delete all)
  • walls, wall corner, and lights can be selected
  • delete selected
  • move selected

3D:

  • add item to scene from the side bar
  • item selection (clicking an item highs it blue and is set as the selected item) *wall are not selectable
  • once an item is selected a user can (using the button above the scene):
    • delete
    • rotate
    • move up/down
    • scale
    • copy
    • move to position of the mouse
  • camera widget
  • 5 independent cameras
  • save/load using local storage

Google Warehouse:

  • view the Google 3D Warehouse website inside the browser
  • back and forward functionality
Here is a demo of me creating a PacMan scene in only 3 minutes. SceneCreator Pacman Pacman Scene