What this category is
Interactive product preview.
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IntermediateOften useful
Product Showcase / Configurator
A product configurator lets customers inspect an object from multiple angles and understand variants before buying or requesting a demo.
- Best use case
- Ecommerce, hardware, packaging, furniture, and product-led sales.
- Recommended stack
- React Three Fiber + Drei + GLB/GLTF
When to use it
Use it when visual inspection, variants, and spatial understanding affect the buying decision.
When not to use it
Avoid it when a product is mostly abstract, service-based, or better explained with charts and screenshots.
Blender needed?
Often useful
Performance risks
- Poor models, textures, or lighting can reduce buyer trust.
- Too many material variants can increase memory usage.
Recommended approach
Start with procedural placeholders, then swap in optimized GLB assets. Keep material state outside Canvas and memoize shared geometry.