ViewMe

Here, I'm excited to announce a project that I've been developing intermittently since last year with the aim of learning graphic programming. The project has a roughly simple goal that is showcasing digital 3D objects/models. It works exactly like a 3D graphic engine, I am calling it as "tiny grapic engine". It has a bit more complex structure on it's features beside a simple look. Let's jump on what ViewMe does:

-Loads and displays ".obj" models with textures
-Real-time dynamic shadows with soft edges
-Advanced lighting system (directional, point, spot lights)
-Intuitive camera controls with mouse interaction
-"Right-click -> Open with ViewMe" & "Browse path" support for quick model loading

So, what I learned ? Technically, I got the basic fundamentals of graphic programming, such as:

-Shadow mapping techniques
-Phong lighting model implementation
-Model-View-Projection (MVP) transformations
-Texture mapping and material handling

I was inspired to build this project by Microsoft 3D Viewer app. Similarly, ViewMe is released only on Windows, just for now. 😊

📎GitHub/Release(ViewMe v1.0): https://github.com/1zgi/3D_Objec...

ViewMe is awesome! Super fast and easy 3D model preview. 👍

Ngl, being able to just right-click and open .obj files with ViewMe is super handy—makes checking out 3D models way less of a hassle, fr. Nice work!