Best practices for creating and uploading 3D models for AR/XR use

The 3D asset allows you to create Vatom NFTs that are visible in AR/XR space. 3D objects can have animations, sounds, and can react based on user input (for example User "Tap").

We currently support binary glTF 2.0 (.glb) format.

3D Model Best Practices

• Keep poly count under 15-25k tris
• Keep your combined file size small (under 5MB)
• Keep textures files small and to the power of 2 (e.g. 128x128, 1024x512, etc.)
  • Common power of 2 dimensions are: 64px, 128px, 256px, 512px, 1024px, 2048px
• Pivot point is located at the base of the model
• Model dimensions must be in meters (1 unit = 1 meter)
  
  • In Blender only edit model in "Edit" mode to avoid scaling. Use "Apply all Transformations" in Object Mode to apply modifications and reset Scale to 1.
• Forward vector of object is along Z axis. (In Blender, orient objects facing -Y axis)
• To reduce poly-count, many surface details can be baked into a Normal Map instead of using meshes.
• To reduce poly-count, bake Text into Images and Normals instead of using meshes.

Use https://gltf.report/ to verify your model