Safari now supports an actual HTML element for interactive 3D models

The new `<model>` element in Safari 27 can embed a rotatable USDZ or GLB object in a webpage with much less custom viewer code.

Safari 27 brings the HTML `model` element to Mac, iPhone and iPad. Apple’s WebKit team shows a small markup example with USDZ and GLB sources, image fallback, custom lighting and orbit-style interaction. It is intended to make embedding a 3D object as straightforward as embedding an image or video.

For your Plasticity and 3D-printing work, the appealing use is a browser-based preview page for a printable part or product concept. Export an appropriate web model from your CAD pipeline, add a fallback image and test it in Safari 27. You still need a conversion step from STEP/BREP to a web-friendly 3D format.

The compatibility warning is straightforward: do not assume other browsers implement the same element. Keep a normal image fallback and test mobile Safari before publishing a viewer to customers.

Go to Source — Primary: https://webkit.org/blog/18325/webkit-features-for-safari-27-0/