Developers can now build richer 3D content for Facebook

Facebook recently introduced 3D posts to let people see and interact with a digital object from all sides in Facebook News Feed.

With “glTF 2.0” compliance that comes with the support for textures, lighting and realistic rendering techniques, developers can now build game or movie characters, architectural models or museum artefacts from rough to shiny, metallic to soft — all beautifully detailed 3D art on Facebook.

The social media giant also introduced new Graph API endpoints with 3D Post support so developers can build seamless 3D sharing into any app — letting people share interactive objects or scenes directly to Facebook with just a click.

Using the new “Open Graph” tag, developers can eble 3D content from their website to automatically appear in 3D when shared on Facebook. Artists using 3D authoring software can directly drag/drop their 3D files to Facebook to create a 3D post.

Facebook’s early partners, including Sony, Lego, among others, have already implemented new ways to share 3D content on the platform. The company would now work on supporting even higher quality 3D models, ebling interactive animations and bringing 3D content into the real world using AR. (IANS)