Designers can move easily between drawing in a virtual-reality environment and on their tablet using the latest update to Gravity Sketch.
The Surface Tool feature is contained in version 6.1 of the software, which is one of the primary VR creation tools for designers since its launch in 2017.
The new feature allows designers to open Gravity Sketch on their tablet, create a 2D drawing with their pen, and then pull on a VR headset to turn the sketch into a 3D work and continue manipulating it.
They can send the sketch back to the tablet if they want to add more details that way, or they can implement the workflow in reverse, starting in VR before switching to tablet.
Gravity Sketch's Surface Tool feature allows users to switch between 2D and 3D designing The creators of Gravity Sketch added the feature to cater to designers who were more skilled and comfortable working in 2D than 3D.
Gravity Sketch CEO and co-founder Oluwaseyi Sosanya said that while he envisages all early-stage sketches and ideas being created gesturally in 3D VR space in the future, right now the industry was in a transition period.
The motion-tracked VR controllers, in particular, can represent a steep learning-curve for designers used to drawing with pen on paper or tablet.
The feature caters to designers who are currently used to working in 2D
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