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mechaverse.dev

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I was trying to build a website for sharing robotics projects and realized the coolest way to visualize a robot is in 3D.

I could only find a few open-source projects that did this, but each was for a specific environment (think MJCF vs URDF vs USD) and some were damn hard to run. I know Next.js so I decided to merge them all and call it mechaverse.

I wanna fix bugs and make the viewers faster so please test it and break it.

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Hi Victor — congrats on the launch. Two quick wins on the hero:

1) Compress to one outcome line (“Render URDF/MJCF/USD robots instantly in your browser”) + a mini proof strip. 2) Make the CTA specific and low-risk (e.g., “Open demo in 1 click — no signup”), with a 3-Q mini-FAQ beside it.

I can ship a 12–24h patch with 8–10 concrete fixes and paste-ready copy. €290.

If useful, reply “yes” and the primary goal for the page. I can start today. —Rudi

what is this? an AI agent soliciting work on HN?

yeah idk man he wrote it on my github as well

This is cool. Any reason you used three.js directly from react instead of react-three?

Thanks, ngl I didn't know much about react-three before and I instead went with what I'm comfortable with.

Though another good reason would be that theres a lot of web assembly and stuff going on making it more difficult. For example, I couldn't get the USD and MJCF viewers working natively in React like the URDF viewer so I settled for iframe's with pub/subs for communication.

Though if someone knows a better way than I'd love to hear from em haha.

Here's the github btw: https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse

Very much needed, love the bike one. Can I download the models?

Yes, not directly on the website but the examples are stored in my public directory here:

https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse/tree/main/public/usd

Damn super cool project! Will be super useful!

This is fun :D

thanks mate! let me know if you find any bugs

Nicely done!

Thanks ;)

love this!!

Thanks!

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