tools of the vr trade

these tools will aid your Vr production

Medium (oculus)

A VR sculpting and painting tool, featuring light source placement and .obj format sculpt exporting. www.oculus.com/medium

Makevr (sixense entertainment)

The Vive-only modelling tool offers powerful CAD modelling; designed for the mass market. www.viveformakers.com

Tilt Brush (Google)

The surprisingly sophisticated VR drawing and painting tool is compatible with both HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. www.tiltbrush.com

a-painter (Mozilla)

A free, pared-back browserbased alternative to Tilt Brush, the USP of the Vive-only A-painter’s is the ability to share and rework 3D drawings. www.aframe.io/a-painter

paintlabvr (lab4242)

A free, Vive-only alternative to Tilt Brush, Paintlab is less polished than its rival, but does allow for solid object construction. www.paintlabvr.com

Quill (story studio)

This VR illustration tool can be used for concept work and ambitious VR animation work. www.oculus.com/story-studio

unreal editorvr (epic Games)

The free editor allows for design and world-building while wearing a headset. It’s being embraced by archviz studios. www.unrealengine.com

priovr (yost labs)

Priovr is pitched as a gamer’s input device, but could be used for low-cost capture work. www.yostlabs.com/priovr