User:Kristbaum/Enable textured 3D files on Commons
Featuring 3D renderings of notable objects and places offers great opportunities for improving Wikipedia articles by making them both more engaging for readers whilst also helping them better comprehend the subject.
Support for featuring 3D renderings of objects has become increasingly common and better supported on the internet generally; however this support is not currently matched on Wikimedia Commons thereby limiting Wikipedia's ability to feature 3D objects.
As stated in a blog post on the publication of the original basic 3D support in Commons (source below):
In the future, after feedback from our community of volunteer editors, we’ll consider adding support for even more complex file types that support features like textures.
The time to add support for these features is now. Most modern smartphones are able to create 3D-Scans of smaller objects or even complete buildings rights now, and there is no way to upload and display them in Wikimedia projects!
Possible use cases of colorful, interactive and complex 3d models in Wikipedia articles:
- models of extinct species like dinosaur reconstructions
- the inside of historical rooms (example)
- all kinds of smaller interesting objects
Resources:
- Upcoming presentation at Wikimania about this topic
- Commons page describing the support at the moment
- Old Discussion: Hosting files for 3D models and a user page proposal
- Wishlist Survey 2016, where support for STL was added and related blog post
- Task to track the new implementation
Add your support below (this is not a vote, just an indicator of interest)