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Next week, join us for a practical introduction to the new interactivity extension!

The glTF Interactivity Extension just got ratified. Now see it in action: a hands-on webinar on authoring and validating interactive glTF content, Oct 13, 8am PT. With Eva Ma, Felix Herbst, Jim Eckerlein, and Patrick Härtl. Register: www.khronos.org/events/pract... #glTF #interactivity #3D #scene

3D Formats member, Adam Morris sits down with host Muthu Kumar to break down how 3D Gaussian Splatting works, why it outperforms traditional 3D models in complex visual inspection tasks, and how ‪Khronos is standardizing the technology via a new glTF extension. youtu.be/a7bAUMbMEec?... #glTF #3DGS

My minimal TSL-based #ThreeJS Gaussian Splat PR is complete. Supports PLY, SPZ, SPLAT and GLTF formats. Details: ben3d.ca/blog/gaussia...

SIGGRAPH 2026 is well underway and we just held the Khronos Fast Forward to a great crowd! There's plenty left! Check-out our event's page for full list of Khronos activities: www.khronos.org/events/siggr... #Siggraph2026 #Khronos

The Khronos Group today announced that the KHR_interactivity extension for glTF 2.0 has been submitted for ratification. www.khronos.org/news/press/g... #glTF #interactivity #coding #programming

*From rigged mesh to a living, physically-simulated character* New Advanced glTF tutorial series: GPU compute skinning, ragdoll physics, procedural IK, and bindless facial morph targets — a real production pipeline, not just a demo scene. docs.vulkan.org/tutorial/lat... #Vulkan #glTF #GameDev

The Khronos Group has sponsored the glTF 2.0 Importer/Exporter for Autodesk 3ds Max open-source project, and today has released the resulting glTF importer and exporter plugins. Free for all to use. www.khronos.org/blog/khronos... #glTF #Autodesk #3dsMax #opensource

We are live at #AWE2026! Come see us in Booth #1041 and talk to us about the latest news for glTF, OpenXR, Vulkan and the OMBI Sneeze metaverse browser. We also have cool luggage tags you can pick up. Learn more about Khronos' activities at AWE: www.khronos.org/events/highl... #glTF #OpenXR #Vulkan

Khronos has formed a Volumetric Media Subgroup to extend glTF for interoperability across the volumetric pipeline — capture, encoding, streaming, and playback. The effort includes a liaison agreement with the Volumetric Format Association Learn more: khr.io/1o3 #volumetric #glTF #openstandards

Khronos has announced glTF 2.1 — a backward-compatible update focused on large, composed scenes. New: external assets, scene packaging, BVH, thumbnails, 64-bit GLB, and more. Spec development is open on GitHub. Learn more: www.khronos.org/blog/introdu... #glTF #3D #spatial #BIM #Geospatial

Join developers and integrators from around the world at the 2026 Cesium Developer Conference in Philadelphia, where the community comes together to shape the future of open geospatial technologies. Khronos' glTF and work in Gaussian Splatting will be featured […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Join developers and integrators at the 2026 Cesium Developer Conference in Philadelphia where the community comes together to shape the future of open geospatial technologies. Explore the event page for more information: cesium.com/events/cesiu... #glTF #gaussian #splats #3dtiles #digitaltwins

Join us at AWE USA 2026 in Long Beach, June 15-18. Find us at Booth 1041 for OpenXR, glTF, Gaussian Splats, XR performance sessions, and more. www.khronos.org/events/awe-2... #AWE2026 #OpenXR #glTF #XR #SpatialComputing #OpenStandards #Gaussian

The Khronos 3D Formats Working Group has launched an Education, Insights, and Outreach (EIO) Subgroup to help developers and creators get the most from #glTF and #KTX — closing the gap between specification and real-world practice. www.khronos.org/blog/from-sp... #Khronos #OpenStandards

Join us for a free webinar on Gaussian Splats — featuring speakers from Cesium, XGRIDS, and the Smithsonian on real-world use cases in geospatial, capture workflows, and cultural preservation. khronos.org/events/gaussian-splats-use-cases-next-steps-for-gltf-standardization #GaussianSplatting #glTF

The #glTF Working Group is excited to announce two significant website upgrades at the center of the glTF developer ecosystem: - A new landing page for the glTF Sample Assets GitHub repository - The glTF Render Fidelity Comparison website has undergone a modern redesign Learn more: khr.io/1nk

HDRify, the JavaScript library for reading/writing EXR, HDR, and UltraHDR, gets a website: hdrify.benhouston3d.com Load, convert, and preview your high dynamic range images in the browser in real-time.

Going to GDC next week? If so, join us at 3D on the Web in San Francisco on March 11th! 3D on the Web showcases the latest in WebGL, WebGPU, glTF and 3D Web Graphics. See the agenda and register: www.khronos.org/events/3d-on... #glTF #3D #graphics #programming #WebGPU #WebGL #glTF

Next week, 3D on the Web is back! Join industry leaders, developers, and creators on March 11, 2026 in San Francisco for a showcase of the latest in WebGL, WebGPU, glTF, and 3D web graphics. Whether you’re building immersive apps, innovative tools, or next-gen […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

The Khronos Group is aiming to standardize Gaussian splatting by proposing a release candidate for an integration into the widely adopted glTF 3D format:

We are seeking short talks, demos, and presentations that showcase real world use of #WebGL, #WebGPU, #glTF, and #Gaussian Splatting on the web for the 3D on the Web special event during the week of GDC. To submit a 10 minute talk or demo, please email your description to events@khronosgroup.org

The Khronos Group announces a release candidate for the KHR_gaussian_splatting baseline extension. This extension enables storing 3D Gaussian splats in glTF 2.0, the most widely adopted 3D asset delivery format. Learn more: khr.io/1ms #glTF #Gaussian #splats #splatting

Last month, the Khronos Group participated in SIGGRAPH Asia. The slides and recordings from those sessions are now available on our webpage: www.khronos.org/events/siggr... #glTF #OpenXR #spatial #machinelearning #AI

In this Game Dev Assembly article, Mike Fest explains how he added extension data to a 3D wristwatch glTF file and updated viewer code in order for the watch to show the current time. www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-c... #glTF #3d #model #programming

Project Dogwalk is a Blender Studio R&D project to build a small game in 4 months using an all open source pipeline, with Blender as the Digital Content Creation hub, Godot as the game engine, and glTF as the exchange format at the center. Learn more: www.khronos.org/blog/project... #gamedev #gltf

In this blog post, the four newest showcase assets are presented. These models were designed not just to look great in the updated glTF Sample Viewer, but to demonstrate what’s possible with glTF today. www.khronos.org/blog/showcas... #sample #assets #glTF #models

Tomorrow, the 3D Asset Interoperability Working Group has invited Adam Morris from Cesium to give a talk on interoperable 3D Gaussian splatting for glTF and USD. All members are welcome to attend. Not a member? Join us: metaverse-standards.org/members/

The Khronos Fast Forward at #SIGGRAPH2025 had a large crowd getting the latest information on the work that the Khronos Group is doing, but this is just the beginning! We have a whole slate of sessions, BOFs and panels! Check out our full schedule at: www.khronos.org/events/siggr...

Khronos, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Niantic Spatial, Cesium and Esri come together to add 3D Gaussian Splats to the glTF Asset standard! khr.io/1lp #Gaussian #splats #glTF

Introducing Asset Creation Guidelines 2.0 for Commerce-Ready glTF Assets! The Creation Guidelines is a comprehensive and continuously updated resource designed to help 3D artists create photorealistic, commerce-ready assets for web! khr.io/1ld #3d #gltf

Join us at SIGGRAPH 2025! If you're working with 3D asset pipelines, real-time engines, or XR content delivery, don't miss this session: State of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTF Monday, August 12 | 2:00–3:30pm PDT metaverse-standards.org/event/siggra... #USD #glTF #standards

We have joined the Khronos Group as a Contributor member! Together, we’re advancing open standards in Geospatial AI & 3D content, including breakthrough techniques like Gaussian Splatting. Let’s build the next-generation map—open, intelligent, and immersive. 🔗 www.nianticspatial.com/blog/khronos...

Khronos Group's Dennis Fu presented at this year's Huawei Developer Conference held in Songshan Lake, China. Dennis gave two presentations: AR/VR for OpenXR and Graphics and Gaming for Vulkan/glTF.

TinyBVH has been updated to 1.5.6 on the main branch. This release brings two new examples: * Minimal OpenGL / compute shader traversal example * OpenCL TLAS/BLAS 'tinyscene' demo (see video). Example 2 uses Lighthouse 2 scene data with materials and full GLTF animation. github.com/jbikker/tiny...

We are excited to be a part of @CesiumJS's Developer Conference this week! We hope to see you there. cesium.com/events/cesiu...

Be sure to visit Khronos members Pico and VNTANA in booth 417, 202A at #AWE2025!

It's the last day at #AWE2025! Be sure to visit Khronos Group members: LunarG, Unity and Qualcomm!

glTF Chair, Alexey Medvedev and 3D Commerce Chair, Dan Frith, are on booth duty at #AWE2025. Stop by for a visit in booth 510!

Attending AWE? Be sure to stop by and visit us in booth 510! Check out our event page for more information on glTF and 3D Commerce panels, as well as a session on OpenXR. Learn more: www.khronos.org/events/awe-2... #AWE #AWE25

glTF is seeking final input from early adopters of KHR_interactivity. We invite content creators, artists, implementers and engine developers to explore and experiment with the openly available tools and sample assets to integrate interactive glTF content into their projects. Learn more: khr.io/1ix

Check out our latest release of Babylon.js! New in this release is an implementation of the latest diffuse transmission extension as well as improvements to the glTF exporter. @gltf.bsky.social

Next week, on April 2nd, Alexey Panteleev will be the 3D Asset Interoperability Working Group's education session speaker. Alexey will share how to bring neural texture compression to glTF. All members are welcome to join! Not a member, join us: metaverse-standards.org/members/ #glTF

Next week in San Francisco, come join us for 3D on the Web, a special event gathering the brightest minds in #glTF, #WebGL, #WebGPU and #Slang! See agenda and register: www.khronos.org/events/3d-on...

As digital twin and infrastructure modeling technologies mature, Bentley’s involvement in Khronos is helping to shape an open, connected, and interoperable future for infrastructure. blog.bentley.com/insights/ben...

3D Commerce member Mike Festa, interviews Dan Frith about their work on #3DCommerce at The Khronos Group. Past, present, and future of making 3D products on the web load fast, look consistent, and empower the next level of ecommerce. youtube.com/watch?v=ViFR...

The Babylon.js Sandbox allows for previewing and inspecting #glTF assets. With Scene Explorer, you can browse though the structure of the scene that is stored in the glTF asset. The Inspector panel provides additional statistics and debug functionality for the scene elements. sandbox.babylonjs.com