Masterpiece Motion Lets Users Rig Any 3D Model In VR

With all the news about Oculus Quest and Rift S, HP Reverb, and Jimmy Fallon/Brie Larson's Beat Saber battle on The Tonight Show, thinking about how virtual reality will be used to create the 2D content of the future isn't necessarily the buzziest topic in the industry as we march into the second half of 2019.Yet it's one of VR's secret powers that has been slowly revealing itself over the past three years -- proved recently in Jon Favreau's virtual production workflow reported by Entertainment Weekly.Now, MasterpieceVR -- traditionally a VR sculpting and painting art creation tool -- is launching a toolset that will launch this idea to the fore, a sort of yin to virtual production's yang. Today, MPVR announced the release of Masterpiece Motion, the first professional VR platform to rig 3D models from within virtual reality. This marks a huge moment for the convergence of immersive technology, gaming, and animation, allowing users to rig, skin, and pose models by hand, as opposed to doing so in a traditional 2D program such as 3ds Max.