glTF is raw OpenGL state data, it's useless for game engines other than basic HTML5 frameworks.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Todor Imreorov <[email protected]> wrote: > It would be great to have gitf support. Some open source game engines use > it for importing 3d animated assets. It is said to perfprm better that the > other formats on webg games. > On 10 Feb 2016 11:42, "Fabio Pesari" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > After reading the thread about FBX, I realized that since Blender is > > free software, it would be good if it encouraged using free formats > > instead of proprietary ones like FBX, which are always going to require > > time-consuming reverse engineering efforts. > > > > I know at least two engine-independent formats which have fully > > available specifications: glTF ([0]) and OpenGEX ([1]). > > > > I think both were designed to fix the various issues COLLADA had; glTF > > is JSON-based and OpenGEX uses its own typed free format called > > "OpenDDL" (example at [2]). > > > > OpenGEX already has a Blender exporter which is licensed under the CC > > BY-SA 3.0 ([3]), while I couldn't find anything Blender-related for glTF > > (but being JSON-based, writing a Python plugin for it should be trivial). > > > > I think including built-in support for them in Blender would be a good > > way to encourage users to adopt something else than both proprietary > > formats and free (but crappy) COLLADA, and for the Blenders devs to have > > less headaches (since they would just have to follow the specs rather > > than reverse-engineer obscure formats). > > > > [0]: > > https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/master/specification/README.md > > [1]: http://opengex.org/OpenGEX.1.1.2.pdf > > [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Game_Engine_Exchange#Example > > [3]: http://opengex.org/OpenGex-Blender-Script.zip > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
