Valve released the 3D models for the Steam Frame, so I made some pretty renders in Blender

Bubs@lemmy.zip · 1 day

I only did materials with no textures or UV mapping. Making a fully photo realistic model would be really cool, but would be a massive amount of work.

The files Valve released are just .stp files. They are intended for CAD software like Fusion or AutoCad. The models have only one basic material over every part.

After I converted them to OBJ files and loaded them into Blender, I then created several materials based on my own Frame for comparison. It was a bit of a pain to apply all of the materials (most parts are one solid mesh), but I’m pretty happy with how it came out.

Render of the controller:

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/73016689

Gil, The Shitposter Of Ages@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day

iirc there was a way to do custom textures in steamvr for your controllers.

having the obj files are a boon in this case, right?

egregiousRac@piefed.social · 1 day

There are lower quality models available in the SteamVR files that are set up for texturing.

The files used here are for designing accessories.

Bubs@lemmy.zip · 1 day

These are the more technical, hardware developer models. They have no UVs (unwrapping the 3D model flat), plus they are not at all optimized since they focus more on being dimensionally accurate.

Gil, The Shitposter Of Ages@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 hours

ah, good to know.

I won’t be able to get a steam frame until at least 2027 per the order page… guess I’ll just wait patiently lol

thingsiplay@lemmy.ml · 1 day

This is not Blender. I know what real photography is and fake 3D models in Blender. Making 3D models that look this good and realistic is literally impossible.

Bubs@lemmy.zip · 1 day

The reality is that I’ve just been buying dozens of headsets just so I can take this picture. I even chopped up the controllers to make them all colide with each other:

sleepydragn1@lemmy.world · 1 day

Oh my god, you’re the reason why the reservation queue got pushed back to 2027!

Bubs@lemmy.zip · 1 day

It was me all along!

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 hours

I guess you can only take it as a compliment lol

rtxn@lemmy.world · 17 hours

Can you believe that the state of CGI was even worse in the past? In 1969, the technology required to stage the moon landing didn’t even exist. They had to build a rocket that could take the equipment and actors to the moon and film on location, just to fake a real moon landing. It was nuts.

NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 hours

Is that a reference to the Mitchell and Webb sketch?

Bubs@lemmy.zip · 17 hours

Either you’re just a blatant troll, or you have zero idea how 3D modeling works…

Edit: nvm, it’s a sarcastic joke

thingsiplay@lemmy.ml · 18 hours

Or you guys have no sense for obvious irony. It was a failed attempt at praise.

Bubs@lemmy.zip · 17 hours

Ahhh…

To be fair, I’ve had to deal with way too many people who would say the original comment 100% serious. Your comment did too good of a job emulating those people lol

Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 hours

As a troll comment it’s a terrible attempt, but as a joke it’s also absolutely terrible.

NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 hours

Jokes are a bit like airplanes: they don’t always land.

altkey (he\him)@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day

You’d be surprised where we got in the last N years in coloring pixels.

Blender 5.2 LTS - Showcase Reel:

Blender 5.2 LTS - Showcase Reel

NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 hours

You can’t embed a YouTube video as if it was a picture!

Link you tried to post: https://youtu.be/gqfLYIJMv7I

Edit: holy crap that’s crazy good