New Orleans, LA, November 15, 2018 — TurboSquid, the world’s leading 3D stock marketplace, announced today that it is now an official General Motors licensee. New technologies such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and real-time rendering engines have significantly amplified the need for quality 3D models. Businesses are increasingly using 3D to power experiences for their audiences, and branded content …
Digital Art Contest: Dystopia/Utopia
We are excited to announce that our latest art competition is open to all 3D artists! This year’s theme is Dystopia/Utopia–a perfect opportunity to flex your creative muscles! The contest is open to all 3D artists – you don’t have to be a seller on TurboSquid to participate. We’re interested to see how our community interprets Dystopian and Utopian life. Big picture, slice-of-life, …
StemCell now supports OBJ and FBX formats
StemCell, TurboSquid’s 3D model standardization solution, just received a huge update! This week we added support for OBJ and FBX (metallic and specular configurations included), two of the most popular exchange formats. Now, in combination with our gITF support announcement earlier this summer, each new StemCell model will have FBX, OBJ, and gITF formats included. Each of these exchange formats …
Buy More, Save More
We’ve noticed a few things about customers. First, you love our sales. Second, you usually need more than one model at a time. So, we’re rolling out a new feature to help you save while you stock up on more of the models you need. Introducing our “Buy More, Save More” discounts. It’s easy – the more participating items you …
The Search for the Next Model Exchange Format
3D as an industry has seen rapid change since its inception. Buyouts, mergers, and takeovers often mean that products can often outlive the companies that created them. Asking a question as simple as ‘who made .obj?’ is a story in itself, and, while researching this piece, took me through a trip of the history of the 3D industry – one …
TurboSquid Headed To GDC
Each spring, thousands of game developers descend upon San Francisco for a week of learning and re-connecting with others in the industry at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). It’s one of our favorite shows to attend, as we get to catch up with lots of our top customers (and also some artists!). Last year, we convened a gathering of the members of our StemCell Industry Council, and this year we’ll be catching up with many of them to update them on StemCell’s progress.