Screenshot taken in Sinespace with no post-processing - click for detail!
As Forbes just reported, Daz 3D, the world’s largest 3D character and outfit library, has become a developer and content vendor on the platform of NWN media partner Sinespace. (Shop page for Daz Originals here.) Used in the making of movies like Captain America and Iron Man, you may have seen Daz 3D-based character models in “Is she real or digital” viral social media posts.
This is the first time Daz characters are accessible to consumers outside the rendering software and in a virtual world as playable, customizable avatars. (Watch the video above.)
Daz 3D’s high poly count models (with millions of polygons) are optimized for use in a multiplayer game space. The Sinespace team tells me all clothing in Sinespace is compatible with these avatars, as they are using the world’s morph feature, which can be further customized -- also they will soon enable the Daz models’ original 4K resolution for maximum realism for screenshots, etc.
Just for the holidays, Sinespace is offering a special 500 Gold giveaway to twenty New World Notes readers who want to buy Daz items and other cool content in the shop, such as discount items during Sinespace’s Winter Sale -- details below:
To redeem the Gold offer, just enter “YTG2OVUN” in the Redeem Code tab in My Accounts. (After you create and log into your free Sinespace account.)
The images in this post, by the way, are just a glimpse of what’s possible with the new morph feature that Sinespace has added to their avatar customization, alongside the right settings and lighting. Over the next few months, Sinespace is hosting tutorials to help customize and photograph avatars.
Okay, this got my attention.
I've been in love with Daz 3D models for a long time and just love to browse their store to see what's available. The thought of actually getting to play with one in a virtual world is about the most exciting thing I've seen come around in awhile. I'm anxious to learn more about this. If this works out and develops, this could be a game changer for me.
Posted by: Clara Seller | Friday, December 20, 2019 at 08:25 PM
Does Daz have to pay the 30% revenue split?
Posted by: seph | Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 07:29 AM
Daz eh? And theres me on the mailing list and not a word :) At least we know it will not be laggy - theres nobody on there to lag you so poly away kids.
And isn't baby hulk up top supposed to be green?
Posted by: sirhc desantis | Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 03:23 PM
Hey Seph - we use our standard rates for all creators. We balance that out with no need to pay tier/upload fees/etc. It's a strictly profit share arrangement. :)
Sirhc: our December newsletter is going out at the moment. ;)
Posted by: Adam Frisby | Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 01:13 AM
It's intriguing that Daz3D can be used in a VR setting now. It speaks well of Sinespace's efforts. That, and the advancement of GPU processing.
Posted by: Joey1058 | Monday, December 23, 2019 at 06:49 AM
Good article. Of course people will do the SL comparison, we’ll see how it stacks with better avatars. I don’t think anything is ever going to ‘replace’ SL because they have dwell and you won’t get the oldbies to ever agree on a place to migrate to even if they could take everything with them. SL is their last home. But those of us who aren’t afraid to just be metaversal on our own even before any true metaverse comes (if it even ever does), we are are still exploring. I just don’t think the numbers are out there to do a big thing again like SL was at its height. They may never be.
@Adam Frisby - Thanks for the gold and other specials, I found a few! I’ll be checking things out, I made an account a bit ago but didn’t follow up, the avatars were ugly and the store items seemed too expensive for how they looked. I think your embedded reporter is really the wrong guy though. No one listens to him, we kind of just roll our eyes when he posts.
Posted by: Nonny | Monday, December 23, 2019 at 07:14 AM