--- title: Vesta description: Redeveloped by Spyduck, Vesta combines ideas from neocities, newgrounds, myspace, and glitch.com with virtual reality. You can build, share, connect, and collaborate with free hosting for your worlds. image: https://xrdevlog.com/img/vesta.jpg tags: webvr, neocities, webxr, janus, webgl, builder, glitch, socialvr robots: index, follow lang: en dir: ltr breaks: true disqus: xrdevlog --- # Vesta Vesta combines ideas from neocities, newgrounds, myspace, and glitch.com with VR. Build, share, and connect with free hosting for your worlds. Originally published January 2019 ###### tags: `devlog` `janus` `social` [**VESTA**](https://vesta.janusvr.com) is a place for 3D content creators to share their creations and receive feedback from a growing community of explorers. Provided to users is free WebVR content hosting, editing, and an integrated social platform. Currently, Vesta serves as a place for content discovery and remixing. The cloning feature makes it easy for builders to remix content. ![Vesta Build](https://i.imgur.com/cWGFmAn.jpg) ## Comparison What other platforms sorta did or are doing what Vesta does? [Geocities](https://archive.org/web/geocities.php) - https://www.cameronsworld.net/ - https://gifcities.org/ - In 1996, GeoCities had 29 "neighborhoods," which had groupings of content created by the "homesteaders" (GeoCities users). [Neocities](https://neocities.org/browse) - Offering 1 GB of storage space and no server-side scripting. Many additional services for $5 a month. - Goal is to revive the support of "creativity and free expression" provided by GeoCities before its partial shutdown. - https://anlucas.neocities.org/MyWebsite.html - https://mrdoob.neocities.org/ [Newgrounds](https://www.newgrounds.com) - Hosts user-generated content such as gaming, filming, audio and artwork - Four web portals: Games, Movies, Audio, Art - User communication and forums to connect artists with collaborators [Vizor](https://site.vizor.io/products) - Create and share VR experiences from a web browser - Patches is a free and simple-to-use visual programming editor for creating WebVR and WebGL experiences. [Webvr Directory](https://webvr.directory/) - Curated list of WebVR sites tested to work on Vive/Rift - Built in search # Development History ### 2016 ![home](https://i.imgur.com/bgYImMT.jpg) ![image1](https://i.imgur.com/syd0kGV.jpg) ![browse](https://i.imgur.com/IXLEm4G.jpg) ### June 2017 ![image1](https://i.imgur.com/Xt8FYuI.jpg) ![image2](https://i.imgur.com/lnnFY1s.jpg) ![image3](https://i.imgur.com/2bjVxqN.jpg) ### July 2017 ![image4](https://i.imgur.com/GlsyPrr.jpg) ![image5](https://i.imgur.com/25H3MiO.jpg) ![image6](https://i.imgur.com/Lw6SEIK.jpg) ![image7](https://i.imgur.com/yBkYKVA.jpg) ![image8](https://i.imgur.com/fAadxmw.jpg) ![404](https://i.imgur.com/iT8eotC.jpg) ![worldselect](https://i.imgur.com/eDEsBOn.jpg) OR https://i.imgur.com/ZoAUteo.jpg ### August 2017 ![image9](https://i.imgur.com/Zz8awT1.jpg) ### September 2017 Changes to the style and added a launcher into JanusVR Native from widgets. ![image10](https://i.imgur.com/bfccote.jpg) ![image11](https://i.imgur.com/TwV9XkO.jpg) ![faq](https://i.imgur.com/dRld2jB.jpg) https://vesta.janusvr.com/faq ### October - December 2017 ![uploading](https://imgur.com/mVGHPQa.gif) ![signin](https://i.imgur.com/0lWCLcv.jpg) ![profile](https://i.imgur.com/2FAPclp.jpg) ![edit](https://i.imgur.com/qUs4871.jpg) ![persistence](https://i.imgur.com/gpWgreX.jpg) ## 2018 ### January 2018 ![popularui](https://i.imgur.com/NAZ24dM.jpg) ![userui](https://i.imgur.com/oJolGZ4.jpg) ![liveusers](https://i.imgur.com/hIO13Dd.jpg) ![trending](https://i.imgur.com/SXWDTjo.jpg) ### February 2018 ![positionalcomments](https://imgur.com/4d6H1D1.gif) ![loadingscreen](https://imgur.com/v1zZxpL.gif) ![share](https://imgur.com/wHqGp8n.jpg) ![googlelogin](https://i.imgur.com/HNh9hAT.jpg) ![templates](https://imgur.com/cFXeFkL.jpg) ![templatecode](https://i.imgur.com/tSBuveu.jpg) ![description](https://i.imgur.com/mXtPAp4.jpg) ### March 2018 ![customthumbs](https://i.imgur.com/fTGuOHw.jpg) ![blendertovesta](https://i.imgur.com/PCrlyg5.jpg) ### April 2018 ![newsidebar](https://i.imgur.com/j4y52t2.jpg) ![draw](https://i.imgur.com/hgWDbdm.jpg) ### May 2018 ![profileold](https://i.imgur.com/xBE6Pd4.jpg) ![profilenew](https://i.imgur.com/jxo2Fok.jpg) ![aframe1](https://i.imgur.com/uZmLVKH.jpg) ![aframe2](https://i.imgur.com/onopZ9K.jpg) ### June 2018 ![Vesta Plans](https://i.imgur.com/woQNWzC.jpg) ![Inventory Thumbnails](https://imgur.com/81gwnAi.jpg) ### July 2018 ![New docs page](https://imgur.com/VOwYlvF.jpg) ![Word Cloud](https://imgur.com/4d0lTTT.jpg) ![Syntax Highlighting](https://imgur.com/AzKdPwn.jpg) ![New homepage redesign](https://imgur.com/3bYRdv4.gif =100%x) ![High Fidelity API integration](https://i.imgur.com/Bh0QSGc.jpg) ### August 2018 ![New default room when creating a new account](https://i.imgur.com/75ORGBf.jpg) ### September 2018 ![Instant messages](https://i.imgur.com/DHdzyQv.jpg) ### November 2018 - January 2019 ![User built city area with streaming geometry](https://i.imgur.com/TZwkrQL.jpg) ![Menus for user-built city area with streaming geometry](https://i.imgur.com/NUfNimQ.jpg)