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ferdo
That's badass. Gracias.
milani
I can not see anything in my Chrome 28.0.1500.71 Linux. Here is the error:

sculptgl.min.js:138 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'viewportWidth' of null

thejosh
Same here, Chrome Dev on Linux (Version 29.0.1547.18 dev), same error.
pjmlp
Proper 3D acceleration support ==> Mac OS X or Windows.
pyalot2
Linux Nvidia GTX-460 binary blob drivers, works fine.
vrodic
Works fine on Intel Ivy Bridge /Mesa/Linux here
sktatlo
Most of the time, but you're stuck with GLSL 1.40 while the rest is enjoying 3.30
nawitus
Linux has proper 3D acceleration.
tluyben2
Same error here; 28.0.1500.71 Chrome on OS X 10.7.5. All other webgl demos seem to work fine.
rozap
And me, 28.0.1500.52 on Debian
eblume
This was very interesting! Was the OP the author? Care to share a bit about how you made it?
blackhole
No, I found it on twitter, but it wasn't tweeted by the author either. In fact that website appears to be the only place on the internet the author exists, except for his github profile: https://github.com/stephomi
notum
Very impressive, especially the adaptive topology feature, I don't believe even Mudbox has that.

Adding some sort of collaborative features would would be plausible and really cool (keep perspective and settings local, sync model updates).

jamesaguilar
It doesn't like it when you try to drill holes through the sphere. Try it, it's fun.
ggchappell
It seems to "like" it here. I can also do other topology changes: make two projections and join them, drill a hole to an existing hole.

I did get it to mess up (holes in the surface) by clicking "Symmetry".

mistercow
Use "Adaptive" instead of "Subdivision" and it drills through just fine. You can even zoom inside the sphere and see how it made a nice little channel.
dakimov
This is... awesome!

What is more important, it is actually usable.

jwarren
Wow, that's beautiful.

I may have made the world's saddest slug.

aks314
Amazing! Working great on Win7/Chrome 28.0.1500.72 m.

Initial load gives a prompt 'Shit happens: context lost' and the sphere is not loaded.

Refresh says WebGL hit a snag, but provides an option to reload. After reload it works fine.

objects load well but I can't seem to find any more movement controls, just wasd/arrows. Still this is great and could serve as a step towards mudbox etc!

maaaats
right click and drag works.
aks314
Yes it does, thank you.
jianshen
Connect this to the Shapeways API and you've got one helluva powerful toy...
bdickason
Was just thinking the same thing :) could make some really nice stuff in Ceramics.
ttty
This is Z-Brush on browser hehe
vq
A small tangent for those inspired to sculpt by this. The free 3D-suite Blender recently got support for dynamic topology sculpting (that is adaptively change the mesh density as you sculpt). Cross-platform, quite capable and it's a ton of fun to play around with.

http://blender.org http://cgcookie.com/blender/2013/04/29/intro-dynamic-topolog...

antonwinter
i have made cool things in sculptris previously, this is awesome on my pc. gotta try it on the tablet now!
antonwinter
bugger, did not work on ipad under safari or chrome. still pretty awesome on pc
sbarre
This is very impressive but the "skin" shader is pretty gross if you've made a particularly deformed shape..
[dead] cheery
I'm happy to receive reference for how to do adaptive sculpting.

If it had CSG, I suspect you could do about anything with it.

H3g3m0n
I'm running into issues. After a while it starts tearing holes in the sphere. Also the performance seems to die off. But I don't know much about 3D sculpting so maybe I'm abusing it.

Running on Chrome under Arch.