News

Version 1.3.5 Released

Today we released 3DBug 1.3.5. This includes a few minor interface fixes and improvements, plus a useful change to the navigation in 3D mode.

Formerly when using the keyboard navigation controls when viewing a 3D gaussian splat, moving "forward" would take you in the exact direction that the camera was pointing. Since 3DBug is so strongly based around the mapping paradigm, it became obvious that we needed to move level with the floor when navigating. So now the camera returns to pointing horizontally before any motion is performed. This makes it much more intuitive when viewing most scenes, since they usually are meant to simulate a place where a human would walk. 

Have fun!

 

Botanical Garden Gaussian Splat in RAD format

3DBug Now Supports Streaming RAD files

More good news—3DBug has now updated its internal tech to support streaming splat format! For an example of high performance images in action check out our new Botanical Garden Demo, featuring a scan created by Simon Bethke (full credits on that demo). 

3DBug Now Supports Models Within Models

3DBug Now Supports Models Within Models

We added an important update yesterday, allowing a parent “room” model to load child models to be displayed within. This means 3DBug users can now add virtual furniture and props to their room scans or parent models.

This paves the way for our future plans of generating furniture using AI. 

 

Pending preview of how 3DBug will look in the Joomla Extensions Directory

3DBug has been submitted to the Joomla Extensions Directory!

This is a HUGE step in the life of 3DBug! Our little antennae are quivering!

After many hundreds of hours of developing this site and the component, today we submitted 3DBug to the Joomla Extensions Directory. To maintain the high quality of the Joomla ecosystem, the Joomla volunteers have developed a stringent vetting process which ensures that users receive secure, high-quality extensions which have proper open-source licensing. This results in extra effort on the part of the developer, but in the end it results in excellent exposure for the software in question. 

Be assured we will be posting more news as the situation develops! In the meantime we are hard at work producing documentation for the website so that our marketing efforts shall not be wasted!

3DBug is approaching first beta stage!

We are making progress! The 3DBug project started back in 2024 and after hundreds of hours it appears that we may be ready for a release sometime this year!

We still need to make the main delivery site pretty, and then submit the component to the Joomla extensions directory. We will also need a marketing plan of course, but all in all there is light on the horizon. We will be bringing our media display framework to Joomla in full force very soon!