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tl;dw - "Google Docs for 3D models", Web-based 3D modeling app/service with concurrent editing and lots of nice features. Uses Three.js internally but also good for producing assets for Three.js apps.

I hope this also advances Three.js for content production, and helps tilt the scale in the open web apps/libs direction (vs insulated Unity+emscripten and Unreal+emscripten blobs).

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Nice summary. Thanks!

It does both 3D modeling and rendering.

Feature summary on landing page: http://Clara.io

Example scenes: http://Clara.io/library

User base: +50,000

Status: Pre-release, open beta started in November 2013

Funding: Self-funded with one angel (former Autodesk SVP in charge of Maya, 3DS Max, Softimage -- desktop equivalents.)

Really solid work, I was surprised to see how complete this is, especially compared to Blender. I need to render some scenes soon, importing existing OBJ's and adding new materials. I was going to be using Blender, I'll first give clara.io a try!

One question, sent a ticket already but wouldn't mind an HN bump... I couldn't get 'Render > Render Current Pass' menu option to show? Kinda miss that big green "render now" button.

Thanks for the positive feedback. We are pushing really hard on the features and also performance right now.

Sorry about the missing menu. We will have that menu back in the next week. :) Rendering options are still in flux as we technically haven't officially released that feature -- we've just soft launched it in a tentative state.

Right now you render via "Live Render > Fast Preview" in the viewport menu. Full information here:

http://clara.io/learn/user-guide/rendering/rendering_basics

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