A USDZ, opened anywhere as a GLB.
Turn a USDZ into a GLB in your browser, nothing uploaded: its meshes, materials and pictures, for Windows, Android and the web, checked before you download it.
By Suraj Kumar3 min read
USDZ is Apple's AR format, and little outside Apple's world opens it. A GLB opens nearly everywhere. KeepSimp turns one into the other in your browser.
Drop the USDZ and download the GLB.
Open USDZ to GLB and drop the .usdz on it (a .usda or .usdc opens too). Press Download GLB.
Before the file is offered, KeepSimp opens it again with its own reader and counts its triangles and measures its size; a file that does not match the model is not offered, and the page says what was wrong.
What is read.
KeepSimp reads USD with three.js's reader, which covers part of OpenUSD: meshes, their materials (UsdPreviewSurface) and pictures, at the size the file says. A file that holds nothing it can read is named as such rather than turned into an empty GLB.
And back again.
A GLB can be turned into a USDZ for AR Quick Look on an iPhone or iPad.
Further reading
Topics: usdz to glb · convert usdz to glb · usdz to gltf · usdz to glb converter · usdz to glb online
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