Clarifying Image URI Support

[tfmertz]

I'm helping build a GLTF Model Importer and wanted some clarification on Image URI formats, specifically:

a URI to an external file in one of the supported images formats, or

Does this mean GLTF supports loading Remote Images? For example,

http://example.com/uploads/texture.png

is a valid image uri?

If so, is there a sample model using this, thanks!

[donmccurdy]

Remote images (i.e. absolute URIs) are allowed. However, note that clients are not required to support them — I would not expect model upload sites like Sketchfab or Facebook to support absolute URIs, for security reasons.

See: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/master/specification/2.0/README.md#uris

Here is a sample:

BoxTextured.gltf.zip

[tfmertz]

Thanks for the clarification, example, and link. Very helpful!