{"id":898,"date":"2024-07-18T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/meet-caddy-metas-next-gen-mixed-reality-cad-software\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T13:00:26","slug":"meet-caddy-metas-next-gen-mixed-reality-cad-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/meet-caddy-metas-next-gen-mixed-reality-cad-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Caddy \u2013 Meta\u2019s next-gen mixed reality CAD software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when a team of mechanical engineers get tired of looking at flat images of 3D models over Zoom?<\/p>\n<p>Meet the team behind Caddy, a new CAD app for mixed reality. They join Pascal Hartig (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@passy_\">@passy<\/a>) on the Meta Tech Podcast to talk about teaching themselves to code, disrupting the CAD software space, and how they integrated Caddy with <a href=\"https:\/\/llama.meta.com\/llama3\/\">Llama 3, <\/a>and so much more!<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meta.com\/experiences\/24212682218375897\/\">download Caddy<\/a> today to check it out yourself!<\/p>\n<p>Download or listen to the podcast episode below:<\/p>\n\n<p>You can also find the episode wherever you get your podcasts, including:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/caddy-building-the-next-generation-of-cad-software\/id1370910331?i=1000661149963\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5shbHjVQ4UqvMXCf8dYLo9\">Spotify<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/lz21qx8c\">PocketCasts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/login\">Overcast<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/castro.fm\/podcast\/bab1041e-2506-4425-b52c-f4f564f1f94b\">Castro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidefacebookmobile.libsyn.com\/\">Meta Tech Podcast<\/a>\u00a0is a podcast, brought to you by Meta, where we highlight the work Meta\u2019s engineers are doing at every level \u2013 from low-level frameworks to end-user features.<\/p>\n<p>Send us feedback on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/metatechpod\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/threads.net\/@metatechpod\">Threads<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metatechpod\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re interested in learning more about career opportunities at Meta visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacareers.com\/?ref=engineering.fb.com\">Meta Careers<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2024\/07\/18\/virtual-reality\/caddy-cad-mixed-reality-mr-meta\/\">Meet Caddy \u2013 Meta\u2019s next-gen mixed reality CAD software<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/\">Engineering at Meta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Engineering at Meta<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when a team of mechanical engineers get tired of looking at flat images of 3D models over Zoom? Meet the team behind Caddy, a new CAD app for mixed reality. They join Pascal Hartig (@passy) on the Meta Tech Podcast to talk about teaching themselves to code, disrupting the CAD software space, and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/meet-caddy-metas-next-gen-mixed-reality-cad-software\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meet Caddy \u2013 Meta\u2019s next-gen mixed reality CAD software<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":846,"url":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2024\/03\/26\/bringing-hdr-photo-support-to-instagram-and-threads\/","url_meta":{"origin":898,"position":0},"title":"Bringing HDR photo support to Instagram and Threads","date":"March 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Meta\u2019s family of apps serves trillions of image download requests every day. 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