Virtual reality has become a great place to make things, and MakeVR is one of the apps that makes it possible. The VR app debuted recently on the HTC Vive VR headset, and it brings a greater degree of precision to the VR maker genre. It also lets you 3D-print the things you create.
MakeVR is available on Viveport now, and that brings a real sense of relief to the team at Sixense Entertainment, which has been developing MakeVR and accompanying 3D hand controls for several years. The Vive Studios title sells for $20, and it is targeted at all the “makers” out there.
Steve Hansted, director of business development at Sixense, showed MakeVR to me at the Game Developers Conference, and I saw it again at the recent SVVR show in San Jose, Calif. With it, you put on the Vive headset and hold the controllers in your hands. You can grab 3D shapes with your hands and press buttons to do things such as stretch an object, replicate it, or meld it with something else.
Above: MakeVR
Image Credit: Sixense/HTC
“This is really driven by your own imagination,” he said.
MakeVR is based on a standard professional computer-aided design engine that lets you do advanced 3D object modeling in VR. It…