Epic Games acquires 3D content marketplace Sketchfab
Epic Games has acquired the 3D content marketplace Sketchfab, as it needs a ton of art to fill up the metaverse that Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney loves to talk about.
Sketchfab makes it easy to discover, edit, buy, and sell 3D content directly through a web-based service and it is home to four million 3D assets. All of that content has been collected since Sketchfab started in 2011. And now Epic Games will cut the royalty fees to 12% for the 5 million creators who buy and sell content on the Sketchfab marketplace.
The technology has integrations across every major 3D creation tool and publishing platform and is compatible across all major browsers and operating systems, on both desktop and mobile, Epic Games said.
With this move, Epic and Sketchfab will be able to make 3D, AR and VR content more accessible and grow the creator ecosystem, which are critical to an open and interconnected metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow Crash and Ready Player One.
