We organized fifth meetup of Babylon.js. The post shows the meetup reports.
Japanese version
www.crossroad-tech.com
In this meetup, we've honored to introduce David Catuhe, who is a father of Babylon.js. He kindly saved his time to join the meetup in-person.
- 1. What Babylon.js Japan is
- 2. Presentation
- 2.1 Activities of Babylon.js Japan
- 2.2 Accelerating Web 3D Creation with Babylon.js 9.0
- 2.3 Organized Session: How Babylon.js Is Used in Generative AI × Metaverse Systems
- 2.4 LT 1 : Gaussian Splatting with Babylon.js
- 2.5 LT 2 : Various My Trials with Babylon.js
- 2.6 LT 3 : Point Cloud Rendering with ShaderMaterial
- 2.7 LT 4 : Recap My Passion for Babylon.js
- 3. Conclusion
1. What Babylon.js Japan is
It is the community that not only organizes meetups regarding Babylon.js, but also provides relationship opportunity for community members. It has been established on April 2022.
https://babylonjs.connpass.com/babylonjs.connpass.com
602 members register the group as of April 5th, 2026.
In this meetup, around 15 joined in-person, 40-50 joined online.
2. Presentation
2.1 Activities of Babylon.js Japan
Presenter:limes (@limes2018)
It's my presentation.
I introduced forth track of Babylon.js Japan. I was very glad to get good impression from David. (e.g. Numbr of our community members is 600. 8 technical books has been published)
2.2 Accelerating Web 3D Creation with Babylon.js 9.0
Presenter:David Catuhe
He presented main feature of Babylon.js 9.0. The release video is helpful for understanding his presentation.
2.3 Organized Session: How Babylon.js Is Used in Generative AI × Metaverse Systems
Presenter:Risa Terauchi, Hitachi R&D
Her company utilize Babylon.js for various prototypes of metaverse x AI. In this presentation, she introduced four example of different domains such as nuclear power plant, rolling stock, and facility management.
Presentation scene:
休憩あけの、オーガナイズドセッション!#BabylonJSJapan #BabylonJS #BabylonJS勉強会 pic.twitter.com/LSCqfuaEP8
— you (@youtoy) 2026年4月5日
#BabylonJSJapan
— 犯人はヤス (@Ykoba791) 2026年4月5日
日立さんのBabylon色々。
ニュースレターでこうかいしてくれてるらしい pic.twitter.com/DfOgKMFr3Y
Reference:
Hitachi Group’s Progress on Worksite Augmenting Metaverse for Industry : Hitachi Review
2.4 LT 1 : Gaussian Splatting with Babylon.js
Presenter:Ykoba791
The presenter has great skill of Gaussian Splatting. In his presentation, he presented not only his trial of Gaussian Splatting but also imaginary trial of Babylon.js utilization for warehouse management.
X posts from audiences :
#BabylonJS #BabylonJS勉強会
— じゅん@就活中 4/15XRミーティング北海道エリアのお世話 6/14💉9 (@jun_mh4g) 2026年4月5日
人が映り込んだときの処理の流れ
もやも消せる pic.twitter.com/DyVERbB1Q3
倉庫管理をBabylon.jsで(^^♪#BabylonJS勉強会 #BabylonJS #BabylonJSJapan pic.twitter.com/3sdcPXf2DM
— かーでぃ@4/12の技術書典20は「え12」 (@_0447222690292) 2026年4月5日
#BabylonJS #BabylonJS勉強会
— じゅん@就活中 4/15XRミーティング北海道エリアのお世話 6/14💉9 (@jun_mh4g) 2026年4月5日
Webブラウザでのデータ可視化
物流倉庫での活用の例
大量の商品を探すの大変 pic.twitter.com/VQTtzaWwAK
2.5 LT 2 : Various My Trials with Babylon.js
Presenter:Yosuke Toyoda
The presenter has great skills of sensing and visualization. The presentation explains several his recent works.
#BabylonJS #BabylonJS勉強会
— じゅん@就活中 4/15XRミーティング北海道エリアのお世話 6/14💉9 (@jun_mh4g) 2026年4月5日
とよたさん 個人で色々コミュニティ活動 #NT広島 とか
Babylon.js を使って試した色々な内容 pic.twitter.com/qOAQrfM0FD
2.6 LT 3 : Point Cloud Rendering with ShaderMaterial
Presenter:noname20310
The presenter is an author of "Babylon MMD Loader". He kindly had the online presentation from Soul city in Korea.
https://doc.babylonjs.com/communityExtensions/mmdLoader
In this presentation, he introduced an issue of CAD converted data rendering on Babylon.js. His effort of adjustmenting mesh, vertex location, and ShaderMaterial, solved the issue.
#BabylonJS #BabylonJS勉強会
— じゅん@就活中 4/15XRミーティング北海道エリアのお世話 6/14💉9 (@jun_mh4g) 2026年4月5日
nonameさん babylon-mmdの開発者
ShaderMaterialとThinInstanceを用いたポイントクラウドレンダラーの開発
CADデータレンダリングにおけるPointの問題がある pic.twitter.com/TIszaYwgAY
#BabylonJS #BabylonJS勉強会
— じゅん@就活中 4/15XRミーティング北海道エリアのお世話 6/14💉9 (@jun_mh4g) 2026年4月5日
→小さなBillboardで表現することに
Pointのスケール問題
→Vertex Shaderを修正 pic.twitter.com/hf7Xz8Kw42
#BabylonJS #BabylonJS勉強会
— じゅん@就活中 4/15XRミーティング北海道エリアのお世話 6/14💉9 (@jun_mh4g) 2026年4月5日
改善結果
具体的な実装は公開スライド資料の付録にありますとの事
8888888888 pic.twitter.com/wkILsyvy3i
2.7 LT 4 : Recap My Passion for Babylon.js
Presenter:@_0447222690292
The presenter is a developer who has especially interest in IoT and Web technologies. In this presentation, he showed his past activities combinating with Babylon.js and other technologies.
He created his presentation on Babylon.js Playground below. You can check it!
https://playground.babylonjs.com/#880790
#BabylonJSJapan
— 犯人はヤス (@Ykoba791) 2026年4月5日
かーでぃさんLT
Babylonの3D空間内に2Dのスライドを入れて発表と言う独自スタイルで、今までの振り返り。
何かと組みわせてってのは本当にキモだとお pic.twitter.com/rZKw7OQbQr
3. Conclusion
The meetup is aligned with major update of Babylon.js. (v5,0, v6.0, v7.0, v8.0, and v9.0). It' our honor to welcome David Catuhe in our meetup.
The collaboration is just a starting point. We still try to expand our activities.
If someone who loves Babylon.js and have opportunity to come to Japan, please contact us. We're happy to create international collaboration.
Let's Babylon.js!!



