Ready to turn real-world objects into 3D art? This guide walks you through the entire process, from snapping photos to sharing your digital creation. All skills levels are welcome to here to start experimenting with 3D captures.
Emerging technology has empowered every day people without coding skills to transform their lived experiences into interactive elements to share widely. In the following walk-throughs, we will explore how to capture real world objects as 3D assets, and how to embed them into websites to share widely.
This tech stack combines three powerful tools for creating interactive 3D experiences. First, Polycam or Luma AI transform real-world objects into Gaussian Splats; photorealistic 3D scans that preserve lighting and depth. Next, Spline brings these scans to life with animations and user interactions using its visual WebGL interface. Finally, Webflow provides the perfect home for your creation, offering design control while ensuring it works across all devices.
Together, these tools handle the complex technical work so you can focus on creativity. You don’t need coding expertise to capture spaces, animate them, and share them with the world. This pipeline turns what was once professional-grade 3D development into an accessible, visual process where your ideas take center stage.
Remember, creation is an iterative process, and you are allowed to learn from your mistakes!
Webflow is a no-code web builder that blends design freedom with code-level control. Perfect for designer-developers, it offers deep customization in a visual interface, delivering stunning, mobile-optimized sites without templates. Webflow is a paid product.
Luma Labs develops AI tools for 3D and video creation. They launched one of the first free Gaussian Splat platforms and now expand into generative AI video, empowering users to create and share immersive 3D captures
Spline is an interactive 3D animation platform that transforms WebGL into a visual design tool. Designers can create with built-in interaction logic and animate Gaussian Splats, all within the same intuitive workspace. Spline has free and paid tiers.
Polycam started as a mobile photogrammetry tool for 3D scanning. Originally used for interior layouts, it now creates detailed 3D meshes and real-time Gaussian Splats, perfect for turning objects into digital assets.