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MakeVR turns the HTC Vive into a virtual design tool

Consumers are giving the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive a tepid reception, but organizations like NASA and BMW think the VR headsets are great for things like training and design. HTC is today launching MakeVR, a program built in collaboration with Sixense that lets you do modeling and sculpting in VR, then export the results to a CAD program or 3D printer. As we saw last month, it uses the…

VR Creation App ‘MakeVR’ to be “Spun Out” from Sixense, Now Hardware Agnostic

Steve Hanstead from Sixense took to the stage at VR Launchpad in Mountain View, CA today to announce that the virtual reality 3D modelling application MakeVR, often used alongside the company’s STEM motion controllers, is being “spun out” into a separate company and will become “hardware agnostic” where VR input is concerned.

VR Launchpad, the virtual reality startup showcase, is underway and one of the 24 startup pitching to the VRL panel today was not a startup at all – at least not yet. MakeVRis a software application developed by Sixense which aims to lower the barrier of entry for 3D modelling, traditionally an extremely technical and skilled arena. Utilising naturalistic and intuitive motion input, the application lets you sculpt with your hand inside a virtual space, allowing the user to express themselves freely or with great precision.

Sixense has debuted MakeVR, an immersive 3D modeling application that helps democratize 
3D printing by making the process natural, intuitive and fun.

“With MakeVR, the old challenges of 3D modeling are gone. MakeVR’s 3D multi-touch allows you to use your…