Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji

Now, if you want to, you can use Google's 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it went about designing the little pictograms and why, as part of World Emoji Day on Friday. Things you might not necessarily worry about in a 2D illustration suddenly become very important when you're talking about a 3D model.

Is a smiley face a sphere? A mask? A flat disc?

OBJ files to the community so they can use them to build immersive VR worlds, … Read the full story at The Verge.