Future users of Oculus VR’s Rift headset could use their hands to control virtual reality games, or visit a 3D model of the Roman Colosseum, thanks to two acquisitions the company made this week.

Working on a computer to make 3D objects can be a very tricky process with a steep learning curve. Now researchers at Perdue University (Indiana, USA) have developed a new design tool enabling users ...

Like any trade, once you learn the ropes of 3D modeling and do it enough, it becomes second nature. Certain college programs even dare to think they can teach it to you in just a semester or two. If ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new 3D printing method, called Crystallinity Regulation in Additive Fabrication of Thermoplastics (CRAFT), has been developed.

[Huaishu Peng] and a group of other researchers have come up with a system that allows them to use virtual reality (VR) to model an object in a space in front of them while a robot simultaneously 3D ...

Year 7 students have 3D-printed a hand as part of a school project for their friend and peer, Lois Agnello. The open-source design for Lois's hand was provided by Australian-based charity Free 3D ...

After Ghibli-style images earlier in the year, a new trend has engulfed social media, where users are generating 3D model images of themselves using Google's new and powerful Gemini 2.5 Flash model, ...

One of the biggest reasons there isn’t a 3D printer in every home—yet—has nothing to do with price or availability. It’s the fact that if you want to design and print your own objects, you need to ...