CGtrader is rasing the bar!
Discussion started by madefun3d
Hi every one!
I just wanted to share some of my thoughts, positive thoughts!
This last half year or so, I've been struck by the amount of extremely high quality models that have been uploaded to CGtrader. It's amazing!
I started selling models about 3 years ago, and back then there were great models, but to be honest they were scarce. But now... great models are popping everyday!
One of the reasons I decided to sell models was because I saw what was available, and I thought "hum, I can do better than that!", but now the level has raised a lot, in my opinion. Now it's like "Oh shit!, that's really really good!" This is a little scary, because it means more competition from great and professional artists, but at the same time is great for the market, and also for the designers because it force us to deliver better products, and think more creatively for our next models.
Some years ago it seemed like selling 3d models online was like a misterious activity, that only a few bold designers dared to explore. Now it's like artists all over the world have discovered that they can sell their art, and everyone is jumping in the vagon. Very interesting times!
Great work everyone on the CGTrade community!
What are your thoughts?
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Indeed. It seems the further development of VR is inevitable. As with video games there will be pro studios and indie developers looking to fill up all that virtual space. Maybe there will be new platforms, like you go to a site like a website builder only it's an environment space where individuals or groups can build their own environments using assets they have made and purchased.
You should check out Sansar (https://www.sansar.com/), it’s getting there but still lots of work to do. Main problem for these types of things today are the different users hardware and loading times of the VR content, that will change when 5G tech is fully deployed in combination with remote GPU computing. Future VR is going to be delivered by solutions like Google Stadia, over 5G networks. The VR content is going to be stored in cloud server RAM and thus always be accessible without loading times and it gets rendered using the fastest GPU tech available (for everyone connected). The VR glasses will get very cheap (probably in some cases free), going to have minimal hardware just to stream in the content so they are going to be very lightweight.
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Personally I believe consumption of digital goods will become a very big economic activity in the near future and it will be drive by AR/VR.
AR/VR is currently down from its hype and not going mean-stream as rapidly as expected but wide spread adoption will be fact in the near future. Price of massive computing is coming down, tech rapidly evolves, etc. Current form factor of AR/VR headsets is not ready for mass adoption but given it a few generations so form factor becomes like normal stylish glasses and providing retinal resolution including one to one tracking for the body (not be this body-less ghost like it is now), all for same price of a mid-range smartphone, that will change the game.
All the hard work is getting done now behind the scenes (all big companies are developing new tech for it) and that will eventually result in mind blowing results.
I think everyone learning to work with 3D apps and creatong stunning content is going to have a bright future and lots of opportunities to market the skills.
My long term desire has always been to get to a future where we build amazing worlds (and step into them) just for the fun of it and to impress others. On the road towards that future I create and provide 3D content, improving my creative/technical skills while at same time earn money, how cool is that?
Thanks to marketplaces like CGtrader creating that future is possible and fun + profitable.
Yes! the possibilities are going to be truly endless once the virtual worlds become mass adopted.
Everyone need to get their PBR game up to speed!
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