3D design app Rooms just landed more funding. Launched into beta in 2023, the app from ex-Google employees allows users to build and code interactive 3D rooms and mini-games using a library of more than 10,000 items, which can be further edited using the programming language Lua. Founded by former Googlers including Jason Toff, Bruno Oliveira, and Nick Kruge, who have backgrounds in AR/VR, games, and YouTube, Rooms offers a way to create mini 3D spaces, as well as a TikTok-like experience for browsing those spaces in a vertical feed. Part creative outlet and part intro to coding, the experience allows 'room' creators to express themselves through digital art that can then be remixed by others into rooms of their own making. Initially, creators were building simple spaces and mini-games using the technology, but more recent trends see people building even larger spaces and using the app to tell stories, Toff tells TechCrunch. The app itself was also updated to version 3.0 on November...
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