2dimageto3dmodel VS polygonjs

As for the app, I feel like I have a really good and unique idea so I don't want to explain it very thoroughly, but essentially I want it to be available on my website and on the app store. Ideally, I want it to scale up and become something big, I feel the scalability for the idea is pretty good so I would hope it doesn't stay a small project. Another specificity that I feel is important is that I want to take a series of 2D images and turn it into a 3D model that can then be manipulated and deformed. There are libraries on GitHub for predictively turning a 2D image into a 3D render like here. I have a hunch this would be incredibly difficult and time-consuming to turn into an app, but I wonder if something like this could even be implemented in unity. I haven't used much GitHub really at all though, and I'm not even sure whether or not I could use someone's code like this on an app and then profit off of it legally, I'm just trying to understand all of this.

That's the path I took with Polygonjs ( https://polygonjs.com ), and a game I've just released ( https://polyreplay.com/minesweepertwist ), with more coming shortly.

But it didn't start like that. It only started as a tool I could use to deliver client projects, as I was trying to become a freelance for interactive 3D scenes for the web.

Project after project ( some examples here: https://polygon-lab.com/ ), I could improve Polygonjs. Then I found clients who would be interested enough to buy licenses, and would give valuable feedback which would help the project grow even more.

And a few clients asking for not just interactive sites, but also games. This pushed Polygonjs further, and after several games released, it definitely qualifies as a game engine.

So this is generally an advice I give to people who want to become freelancers. Build a tool that solves a problem in your space, as this gives you an edge, and you'll also get the chance to confront that tool to reality, which will help it - and you - grow. This becomes a virtuous circle very quickly.

You can have a look how I do it in Polygonjs (which is a node-based design tool based on threejs), in this example scene.

If you're familiar with Houdini, I invite you to try Polygonjs, which is based on threejs and inspired by Houdini. You can basically build threejs in a procedural way, with just nodes.

You could try Polygonjs. It's inspired by Houdini, so has a lot in common with TouchDesigner (it's fully node-based, you can create audio reactive apps), and it works on the web, which makes scenes very easy to share.

Can I invite you to try Polygonjs as well?

you can generate an SDF from a mesh with [Polygonjs](https://polygonjs.com). Here is an [example scene](https://polygonjs.com/examples/bynode:mat:raymarchingbuilder...).

It won't generate a function, though. Instead it creates a 3D texture which is used inside the raymarching material. In my experience this is much more performant, and also art-directable.

(disclaimer, I'm building Polygonjs)

It sounds like you need a dynamic system that runs in the browser. Maybe try Polygonjs ( https://polygonjs.com )? The the 3rd interactive scene on the front page gives an idea of a dynamic model. I run it, if that of interest, happy to give more examples

If you ever wanted to do a vegetation modelling tool for the web, I invite you to try it on Polygonjs, it has a lot of similarities with Houdini (node-based, procedural modeling, HDA system, etc) and is all web/realtime. And open source.

This is extremely interesting: https://github.com/polygonjs/polygonjs/blob/master/src/engine/nodes/cop/SDFBlur.ts uses a 3D construct and implements the blur using a fixed matrix.