Inspiration

After using the URL Preview Block I thought it will nice if there was something similar for 3D assets

What it does

Previews 3D files within Airtable. This files can be attachments or external links e.g S3, Google Cloud Storage

How I built it

Used Babylon.js to render the assets

Challenges I ran into

Event Handling e.g detecting when the block was in full screen mode was easy. However detecting when the sidebar holding all blocks was in fullscreen mode was difficult

Neatly releasing, reacquiring resources (cameras, lighting, etc) without messing up the 3D environment as the user switches from one 3D asset to the next was very challenging

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Building this in 2 days

What I learned

Learned how amazing Airtable is.

What's next for Engine Room

Releasing it to everyone :-)

Built With

  • babylon.js
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