Poly Haven

Our latest adventure: The Smuggler's Cove!

I've teased about it a few times, but now we finally have something to announce!

The Smuggler's Cove ...

How're we doing? + Dev Log #07

Just wanted to drop a link to the Dev Log I wrote last week, and also ask you guys for some feedback :)

How are we doing in general? What do you think about the rate we're uploading new asset...

Another Epic MegaGrant

Epic Games has granted us a $25,000 2021-09-07 12:50:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Dev Log #06

With the launch out of the way and having figured out a lot of the initial steps to build a sustainable workflow, the question on my mind this month has been: "What now?"

This month we talk a...

New "Early Access" feature for patrons

I've been testing this for a few weeks and I'm finally happy to share this new system of how you guys can get access to our upcoming assets directly on polyhaven.com :)

2021-08-18 15:28:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Moving to the new Cloud

So following the implosion of our Nextcloud server on Monday, we've had to move to a new one.

Unfor...

Nextcloud is Down

Our Nextcloud server spontaneously combusted today, so for the next day or two while I figure out what the heck happened and how to recover it, unfortunately you won't be able to access the cloud f...

Dev Log #05

Not sure how I keep forgetting to post these here :) Last week I wrote a new Dev Log about site migrations, feature parity, Patreon integration, AdSense being back, and upcoming assets:

2021-07-28 11:04:05 +0000 UTC View Post

How to remove your name from the patron list

When your support us on Patreon, your name is automatically added to our list of patrons in the footer of our site, as well as the "Latest Patrons" section on the home page.

If you don't want...

How to Sponsor an Asset

All $10+ patrons get to select an asset every month to sponsor :)

Sponsoring an asset means we p...

polyhaven.com is live!

Last night we finally launched polyhaven.com, and for the most part everything's gone pretty smoothly :)

You'll find a lot of ne...

Dev Log #04

Launch is set for June 15th!

This month we've been working on upload tools, prep, organization, fixing old assets, and books!

More info: 2021-05-31 09:57:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Dev Log #03

The (slightly late) dev log for last month, explaining a bit more behind the scenes of the Beta, progress on the eye candy scene, and of course upcoming assets :)

Poly Haven Beta

It's been a long time coming and significantly more work than I expected, but we're ready to share some&nbs...

PSA: Restructuring Cloud folder for new formats.

On Monday next week, I'll be moving a lot of folders around on our Nextcloud instance (used for your Offline Access), in order to allow for storage of more file format types per asset.

The ne...

Dev Log #02

Hey all :) here's another update with what's been going on lately: https://blog.hdrihaven.com/dev-log-02/

Lots o...

Dev Log #01 (and #00)

I realize now I forgot to post here about our Dev Log last month :) Better late than never!

It's just a simple series of blog posts we're going to write every month to summarize what's been g...

HDRI Haven Patreon page renamed to Poly Haven

I've just renamed this page from HDRI Haven to Poly Haven :)

If you haven't heard...

Fusing of Havens

 As we announced in our stream yesterday, Rob and I have decided to merge the 3 Haven websites to...

The Next Step

We've got a big announcement coming this week 🎉

Join us in the live stream around this time tomorrow (Thursday 5PM UTC):
2020-09-30 16:46:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Survey time!

Hey folks :)

Lately I've been thinking a lot about the big picture and long-term plans for HDRI Haven (and the other Havens), and I've come up with some questions I'd like your answers to. 2020-08-23 17:48:24 +0000 UTC View Post

First Weekly Hangout Tomorrow!

Tomorrow we'll have our first casual hangout on Discord, all patrons from any of the 3 Havens are invited!

I have no idea how it'll work or who will come or what we'll talk about - we'll figu...

Weekly Hangouts?

Hey guys :) I'm considering the idea of starting to host a weekly hangout for patrons, over on Discord probably.

Rob and I t...

Looking for an assistant

Hey friends, we're looking for a paid part-time assistant to help us upload our assets to various online 3d stores in order to help us spread deeper into 3D communities and combat ...

New Server!

Last week we had some severe instability issues on the site, resulting in error messages on some pages and general slowness.

I'm not 100% sure what the cause was but I'm on the fence between ...

[old] How to Remove Ads on Poly Haven

UPDATE! Thanks to your support, there are no longer any ads on Poly Haven! Read more here.

Orig...

3 Month Trial for Ads on HDRI Haven

Two weeks ago I asked our patrons whether or not we should display a few unobtrusive ads on HDRI Have...

Should we display ads on HDRI Haven?

Hey all, I've done some research into the possibility of displaying a few unobtrusive ads on HDRI Haven using Google AdSense.

Before you throw me under the bus, understand this is just an ide...

Timelapse HDRI goal reached!

Woohoo! 🎉

We just passed the $2600 mark and reached the Timelapse HDRI goal!

The idea of this goal is to allow me to carve out some time to work on building a fully automated HDRI ri...

3D Model Haven + Dark Theme

In case you missed it, last week we finally launched our 3rd sister site, 3D Model Haven.

Just like HDRI Haven, it provides 1...