#animvr

[brocoffeeengineer]

Designing in 360°: Virtual Reality’s Bold Leap Into Animation and Creativity

In this neuroscientific-whiff, there is a not-a-futuristic-science-in-biting-virtual-reality mouth. At present, it dances at the forefront of animation and graphical design, the ways and words by which stories are told, and the way users actually experience visual content. From immersive 3D worlds through to interactive environments, VR is reshaping the very creative process with flashing doors to what is possible for artists and animators.

VR in Animation: A New Canvas for Storytelling

Aside from the traditional animation, which is always 2D or 3D techniques that make narrative feature appealing, VR brings an extremely powerful third component-presence. With the aid of VR, one is not anymore a spectator; he is unknowingly participating in the narrative. Such change demands animators to re-adjust the terms such as perspective, space, and timing.

So now all the contemporary tools, such as Quill of Smoothstep and AnimVR, allow animators to draw and sculpt directly in 3D space. A creator can no longer work on a flat screen; he can now walk around his creation and adjust angles and depth with natural, motion-based controls.

Graphic Design Crosses into Immersion

And while the same principles apply, often distinct considerations may be in play as graphic designers experiment with their own interactive applications as a place to play and build beyond the static. Create virtual galleries, construct user interfaces within virtual platforms, maybe even develop branding experiences to be fully navigable in 3D space. What was once entirely in the dimension of the two can now literally wrap around you.

Prototyping interactive VR elements almost within reach and, again, through collaboration with Gravity Sketch or Adobe Aero is incredible. Designers could dangle their elements midair, test how they react within a 360° environment, and change everything on the fly. It gradually shortens the loop of feedback and redefines collaboration. Particularly mature in industries that hinge on client engagement.

The Changing Workflow of Creative Production

The immediate effect of VR experience is improvement in the final production results. With virtual studios, creative professionals are able to prototype their creative ideas at shorter intervals, simulate environments even prior to their actual build, and cooperate from different geographical locations in a virtual studio environment. For instance, studios have employed the use of NVIDIA Omniverse for collaborative VR workflows among teams that are working on the same project in real-time.

Real-time rendering and performance capture using VR gear are coming in great numbers to the design and animation industries. Designing and animating will be able to use all these elements and bring their ideas to life faster and with much more precision through motion tracking, facial recognition, and AI.

This evolution provides an exciting prospect for students and professionals entering the creative field through an Animation course in Kolkata or any other form of modern advancement considered applicable for inclusion in the VR curriculum. Not only do these teach technical skills, but they also instil an attitude of experimentation, essential in today's rapidly changing creativity-centered economy.

Industry News: VR in the Spotlight

The reality of VR is taking fear out of speculation. All major studios and tech giants are pushing immersive content. Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has put big bucks into its VR division, Reality Labs, and has set the somewhat fanciful vision of the metaverse as the next phase of digital interaction. Meanwhile, Pixar and DreamWorks have been dabbling with VR in hopes of finding new modes of animation storytelling that transcend the bounds of mere screen interaction.

In the realm of fashion, brands like Gucci and Nike design immersive showrooms and experiences inside platforms such as Decentraland and Horizon Worlds. As per the excitement, it has become more of a paradigm shift into consumer engagement and brand storytelling.

The emerging VR trend is on-demand in design expos and creative conferences. The demand is high for designers and animators with VR skills. Therefore, Creative directors are looking for portfolios that illustrate how immersion thinking relates to spatial design beyond flat-screen understanding in user interaction.

Breaking the Screen: Why Now VR Matters

Breaking these barriers of interactivity, the primary reason why VR is a game-changer, opens up an interactive environment where empathy is at the forefront-exploration and interactivity in ways that traditional media do not allow. Be it working on an animated short, on an interactive product display, or an educational simulation, VR allows the creator to create a world with the viewer right in the center of it all.

This solves very emphatically for situations like education, healthcare, marketing, etc.; therefore, immersion design is becoming critical. Today, use cases include animated training simulations for working professionals, interactive anatomy models for medical students, and immersive brand stories across the digital universe.

This basically means that it's not enough to know Photoshop or Maya if you want to land a job in this field anymore. The new creative toolbox includes VR sculpting, motion tracking, spatial storytelling, and cross-platform experience design.

Conclusion: A Future Fueled by Immersive Creativity

Intertwined within animation and graphic design, VR does not just add creativity; it broadens the very definition of creativity. As creative industries within the field transform, so do teaching environments with programs that get students ready for this change. Specialized training institutions offering a 2D visualization course in Kolkata are inducting students into hybrid workflows blending traditional techniques with immersive technologies. Such programs prepare the next generation of designers and animators not only for today's tools but also for tomorrow's possibilities.

[lindasofieh]

VR Sognsvann

[visualizr]

HC [Visualizer]

[scobot]

Here are some recent images taken from inside a virtual reality scene I created for a presentation about my creative process. I was pretty thrilled to find so many shots “in there” and loved discovering all these giant robots and sci-fi vignettes. What do YOU see? Created with: #tiltbrush #medium #quill #kingspray #animvr #unity3d @tiltbush @oculusmedium @madewithunity #madewithunity I originally created a hand-held VR camera because I wanted to take high resolution (print ready) images of my work from inside VR but I soon realized how much fun it was to explore these abstract realms and hunt for “the perfect shot”. Much like how photography in the real word is an interpretation of reality, so too these images, captured from inside virtual reality, are an interpretation of what I was seeing in VR, and in most cases, it doesn’t look like this at all, becoming its own unique piece of artwork unto itself. I find this process of constructing a virtual environment in which to explore and take pictures, to be super exciting. Visiting these images afterwards reveals a whole other layer of abstract imagery for me to study and analyze. Like a photographer working in their darkroom to develop a picture, I use an iPad to easily scale and crop the images to reveal new compositions. I am a staunch believer that virtual reality artwork should be experienced in VR, but I also enjoy that VR can be a tool in which to create other forms of art. #vr #visionart #modernartist #abstractartist #scifiart #streetart #superflat #virtualart #virtualreality #scifi #vrart #vrartist #abstract

[kurtchangart]

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#swing #vr #quill #illustration #animation #kurtchangart #animvr #tree #smile #wind #colorful

[alicesamalik]

[askreshanims]

Hello, I'm a fan of your work and I look up to your animation and drawing style! So, I just want to ask, how long did it take you to animate Crimson Alpine? And, how did you make the anime girl's movements look 3D? Or somehing CGI-like (I think she's the main character but idk)? Also, I hope you're well even during this pandemic. I reaaallly look forward to seeing your answer/s :DD

Crimson Alpine took somewhere between a year and a year and half while juggling other projects. There is a production documentation video that you can look up on Youtube that gives more information, but 3D programs like Maya and AnimVR were used to help with certain parts. Aside from that, knowledge of realistic movement just comes from years of experience

[darthkimie]

Creating Virtual Reality Art with AnimVR

[echotaw-blog]

It is one of our idea for the beginning of the story in our game. It is to test how the player can look around and feel in the room. Søren B Sparre has made this test for 2 hours and he feels confidence to use AnimVR for another test.

[lindasofieh]

D-form in VR #animVR

[visualizr]

Hussle [Visualizer]

[iamduomo]

The Fiery, The Soil, The Drifter Asleep. vr painting.

[cry0te]

Spellcasting practice

[baddestgj]

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After an amazing weekend working with the team at the VR Lab 4, here is a #timelapse of myself working within #animvr. A liberating experience which is now high on my wishlist @htcvive 'cough cough' . Our task was to produce a music experience within VR. Here I was animating an abstract bunny creature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #vr #htc #vive #animation #student #work #worklapse #pov #rabbit #bunny #hop #animated #workshop #team #music #video #production #gjbart (at Manchester Metropolitan University)

[animationnightsny]

Experiments In Art & VR: A Conversation With Artist Scobot

When I first saw scobot’s work on his Facebook page, I was psyched. ‘It’s like if Moebius finally came to life in VR’ I was saying to myself. I’ve been waiting for this since I’ve experienced TokiMonsta’s show in TheWaveVR in October 2017. Scenic artist, VJ, musician, VR modder, scobot is experimenting with Gravity Sketch, Tilt Brush, AnimVR and Unity3D to achieve his ultimate goal: create virtual reality art out of his hand-drawn sketches. I recently had a great chat with him and invite you to find below some excerpts from our conversation.