If the web was three-dimensional what would it be like? This seems to conjure visions of cyberspace of the movies. Though technology exists, it hasn't yet been implemented. 3Dchan is a project that builds on this idea.
The basis of project 3Dchan
The internet forum is useful for discussions and engendered other collaborative websites including social media. With this as the starting point 3Dchan provides the following functionality:
3D Cyberspace
A virtual space with content that can be explored or by shared location as a keyword or URL.
Live Landscape
As users may craft 3D models, they can be moved, rotated and resized in the environment.
Realtime Social Interaction
IRC chat client available in the user interface, and the users each have an avatar in the space.
Instant Updates
Items created, deleted or modified propagate changes in real time to active users.
Auxiliary Imageboard
Every item in the virtual space has a thread on an imageboard hosted at boards.3dchan.live.
Free, Fast, Fun
Free to use, built to scale, works on most devices as a web site.
Your space, Your friends, Your creations.
Visit whenever - see what's changed with live directory, curate a digital space, chat, and post about it!
Create in virtual space
Multimedia uploads supported :
- Images, GIFs
- Videos, Youtube
- Text, Hyperlinks
- 3D Models: glTF glb, Playcanvas zip
Real time performance
Real time updates in world and in the directory gives you the ability to have an immersive experience with others.
- Real time updates: creation / alteration / deletion of objects
- Real time avatar movements of all viewers in a massive open world
- Scalable architecture ensures good performance, tested with over 10,000 objects
Free to use
Whether you wish to browse, contribute, or use your own space as an art gallery for your projects, possibilities abound
- The cyber universe is made of square zones. Warp to any zone using the text field at the top of the screen. Current zone is displayed at the bottom
- Zones are named in a lexical order of word length letter and numbers
- The Cantor pairing is used to place them in a giant lexical spiral. Use the live directory to find content
Status
Project is now in beta testing. When resources have been allocated and functionality smoke-tested, users will be invited by way of existing imageboards. Last launch was in alpha status and saw about 100 users during that week. The storage system has been revamped mainly for 3D assets. There is one developer working on this site from 2017.