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NEEDLE


Needle Engine


OVERVIEW


NEEDLE ENGINE IS A WEB-BASED RUNTIME FOR 3D APPS. IT`S FLEXIBLE, EXTENSIBLE, AND
HAS INCREDIBLE ITERATION SPEEDS. WE PROVIDE POWERFUL INTEGRATIONS INTO UNITY
EDITOR, BLENDER OR NVIDIA OMNIVERSE – KEEP YOUR ASSETS AND TOOLS.

Getting Started
Commercial Plans



   FEATURES

 * Fast Iteration
   
   Rapid testing, rapid deployment

 * Lightmaps
   
   Beautiful light and shadows

 * Materials and Shaders
   
   Use PBR Materials and Shader Graphs

 * Made for the Web
   
   Rapid testing, rapid deployment

 * Cross-Platform
   
   Designed for Screens, VR and AR

 * Multi-User Collaboration
   
   Networking, persistence and voice chat

 * Virtual Events
   
   Connect people and data

Get Started


   WORKFLOW
   
   
   THE WEB GOES 3D 🔑

 * Our Vision

 * The Exporter

 * The Engine


   DOCUMENTATION
   
   
   START BUILDING 🛠️

 * Quickstart ⭐

 * Feature Overview

 * How it works

 * VR and AR

 * Scripting

 * Deployment

 * Samples and Modules


   TECHNOLOGIES
   
   
   DIVE DEEPER 🐠

 * glTF Assets and Extensions
   
   Models, textures, animations and more

 * Scripting and Components
   
   TypeScript and generated C# stubs

 * Data Mapping
   
   The bridge between Unity and the open web

 * Rendering with three.js
   
   Strong foundations, extensible, open source

Showcase
   

 * Castle Builder
   
   by Needle

 * Bike Configurator
   
   by Needle

 * Animated Physics
   
   by Needle

 * Sandbox Starter
   
   by Needle

 * Scrollytelling Sample
   
   by Needle

 * Pokémon Card
   
   Scene from Alex Ameye

 * Sample Projects 🎓
   
   Powerful starting points

 * Songs of Cultures
   
   by A.MUSE

 * Let it be light
   
   by Needle

Pricing


FREE VS. COMMERCIAL


NEEDLE ENGINE AND INTEGRATIONS CAN BE EVALUATED FOR FREE. PLEASE SEE OUR
COMMERCIAL PLANS BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION.

See Commercial Plans


   MORE INFO
   
   
   THE SMALL PRINT 🔎

 * License and Terms

 * Pricing

Company


   ABOUT NEEDLE
   
   
   NEEDLE IS A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY PROVIDING TOOLS AND INTEGRATIONS. WE`RE
   INTERESTED IN FAST AND FLEXIBLE WORKFLOWS, REDUCING FRICTION, AND PROVIDING
   TAILOR-MADE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS.

 * Imprint

 * Privacy Policy


   SAY HI!
   
   
   CONTACT US

 * Newsletter signup

 * Twitter

 * Discord community

 * GitHub

 * Send us an e-mail


   OTHER PRODUCTS
   
   
   PACKAGES TO IMPROVE THE UNITY EDITOR EXPERIENCE 📦

 * Asset Store
   
   Buy our packages

 * AR Simulation
   
   Make AR apps with confidence

 * Shader Graph Markdown
   
   Awesome material inspectors and utilities

 * Needle Console
   
   Smarter logs, filtering, highlighting

 * Custom Timeline
   
   Paint with data in your timeline

 * Compilation Visualizer
   
   Deep assembly insights

 * More on GitHub
   
   Open source projects







FAST ITERATION


BRING YOUR CONTENT TO THE WEB

Creating experiences for the web was never so easy. Use the tools and workflows
you love with Needle Engine and Integrations for Unity and Blender.

Get started now
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FAST ITERATION


SKIP THE PLAY MODE

Pressing play loads your page.
No domain reloads, no slow builds.
This workflow is fast.





FAST ITERATION


BUILT FOR SPEED

Needle Engine builds on modern web technologies and toolchains. This makes
iteration fast – see changes in your browser in seconds.





LIGHTMAPS


TURN ON THE LIGHTS

We make using lightmaps on the web easy for you to build beautiful scenes!


View in ARView in VR



LIGHTMAPS


LIGHTMAPPING FOR THE WEB

Use the powerful lightmapping tools of the Unity Editor or Blender


View in ARView in VR
Read the Docs



MATERIALS AND SHADERS


BRING YOUR STYLE

Realistic or abstract, support for advanced Physically-Based Materials and
custom Shader Graphs will get you there.

Read the Docs



MATERIALS AND SHADERS


USE ARTIST-FRIENDLY TOOLS

Work with textures, subgraphs, noise, vertex offsets & custom code — or use
powerful glTF-ready materials.

Read the Docs



SMALL FILES, LIGHT RUNTIME


JUST PACK WHAT YOU NEED

Files are small and load fast. Entire apps are compressed and weigh only a few
Megabytes.

View in AR
View Songs of Cultures by A.MUSE



SMALL FILES, LIGHT RUNTIME


COMPOSABLE CONTENT

You decide how your content is split up into individual glTF files. It's easy to
load them only when you need them.

View in AR
Songs of Cultures by A.MUSE



VR, AR AND CROSS PLATFORM


RUN EVERYWHERE

Everything works across devices: desktop, mobile, VR, AR, you name it. We make
sure your users have the best experience anywhere.

View in ARView in VR



VR, AR AND CROSS PLATFORM


BUILD MODERN WEB APPS

Create anything from product configurators to sandbox games. Use all the
capabilities of the modern web.

Open Bike Configurator
View in ARView in VR



MULTI-USER COLLABORATION


COLLABORATION AT THE CORE

Build collaborative apps without friction. Switch to more advanced networking
solutions when you actually need them.

Play Castle Builder



MULTI-USER COLLABORATION


NETWORKING MADE EASY

When you deploy as a node.js app, a tiny server is included: multi-user
networking, rooms, persistence, voice-over-IP just work out of the box.

Play Castle Builder



VIRTUAL EVENTS


SET THE STAGE

Need a location for your next virtual event, or a place to share your art? Just
create your own.




VIRTUAL EVENTS


TRY NEEDLE ENGINE NOW

Download Needle Engine and our Integrations for Unity and Blender and define the
future of the 3D web.

Click to Get startedSee our commercial plans



NEEDLE

Commercial Plans
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