Fuel3D Studio Integrates Sketchfab Publisher for 3D Scans

fuel3dOXFORD, UK & PARIS, France, Dec 11, 2014 – Sketchfab, the leading platform for publishing 3D models online, today announced that 3D scanner company Fuel3D has integrated “publish to Sketchfab” functionality in the software for its consumer scanner product.

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Users can simply click the Sketchfab logo in the top right to upload their scans

The integration will allow Fuel3D customers to quickly and easily post scans to the web, by integrating a “publish to Sketchfab” option in Fuel3D Studio – the software used to view and edit  scans taken by Fuel3D’s scanner.

“We are delighted that an exciting company like Fuel3D has chosen to include Sketchfab in its development of Fuel3D Studio, which is another step forward in 3D’s growth as a consumer market,” said Alban Denoyel, CEO, Sketchfab. “As more people get involved in creating 3D content, this increases the need for a platform that supports viewing and sharing of 3D models online, and Sketchfab is that platform!”

With its commercial launch expected in early 2015, the Fuel3D scanner is currently shipping to the company’s Kickstarter backers.

“We are committed to helping make the creation of unique 3D content something that anyone can do, and Sketchfab provides us with a way of allowing our users to easily share their 3D scans and models with the world,” said Stuart Mead, CEO, Fuel3D.“We are looking forward to seeing the results of our users’ experiences with our scanner and Sketchfab will be a great way to help them share those stories.”

About Sketchfab

Sketchfab is the place to be for 3D files: a platform to publish and find the best 3D content. Millions of people make 3D models or scan the real world in 3D – why share this content in 2D? Sketchfab integrates with all major 3D creation tools, supports 28 native3D formats, and displays them in a browser in real-time. The Sketchfab 3D viewer can be embedded on any web page, as easily as a YouTube video. For more information, please visit www.sketchfab.com

About the Fuel3D scanner

Fuel3D has developed an affordable handheld 3D scanner that delivers fast, high-resolution shape and color capture for a range of 3D modeling applications, such as 3D printing, as well as on-screen applications like 3D art, animation and game development. The scanner’s ability to accurately capture color 3D models of the human form is ideally suited to the rapidly growing trend of personalization.

Fuel3D is the world’s first 3D scanner to combine pre-calibrated stereo cameras with photometric imaging to capture and process a 3D model in seconds.

About Fuel3D

Fuel3D is a developer of advanced 3D scanning systems and solutions. Originally developed for the medical imaging sector, theFuel3D technology has been adapted for the broader 3D market, with the goal of bringing the benefits of point-and-shoot 3Dimaging to consumers, professionals and businesses. Since raising more than $300,000 and generating worldwide attention through its successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, the company has gone from strength to strength, raising millions in private investment and signing retail and distribution partners across the world.

Based on technology developed by Professor Ron Daniel, Lecturer in Engineering Science at Oxford University, Fuel3D is today led by Stuart Mead, CEO, a veteran of several successful global technology ventures, and supported by an expert team of hardware and software engineers and scientists. For more information, visit www.fuel-3D.com.

 

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