Since its inception in 2015, MasterpieceVR has constantly added new gestures and functionalities that would help artists and content creators to author high-quality immersive content. Over the years, it has launched Masterpiece Motion for 3D animation, Masterpiece Creator for 3D model design, and the company plans to launch a new version of Masterpiece Studio very soon, complete with collaboration capabilities.
It will be helped by a recent round of funding, where Canada’s leading technology company – Cemtrex – announced a strategic investment in MasterpieceVR in December 2020.
Let us review some of the key features that MasterpieceVR has to offer.
What are the Key Features of MasterpieceVR?
At its core, the company provides a suite of 3D content creation solutions that includes ideation, collaboration, and the actual execution.
Creating 3D designs and static models
The platform has tools such as design layers, mesh and clay stamps, and snapping grids for precise content creation in 3D. Modifying the design is easy, thanks to the Move tool for repositioning and re-proportioning elements. MasterpieceVR even lets you prepare 3D models for export via auto-UV.
3D animation and dynamic designs
Capabilities like auto-skin for your sculptures, dynamic character poses, animation timelines, and multiple takes, simplify most of the labour-intensive tasks involved in animating a 3D model. MasterpieceVR ships with a pre-built library of basic animations that you can use to quickly get started.
Export and collaboration
The files you create using MasterpieceVR are fully exportable in standard 3D file formats such as OBJ, STL or FBX. and if that’s not enough, you can integrate the solution with design studios like Google Poly or Sketchfab as well. The premium editions of MasterpieceVR comes with collaboration capabilities, that allows two users to login into the same virtual space and create together. The company also has a feature called Team User Management planned for release very soon that would make it suitable for more complex collaboration requirements.
Dramatically accelerated workflows
The recent release of MasterpieceVR in January 2020, claims to be 10X faster than its predecessor, in addition to being much more intuitive. It would allow even “newbies” to the 3D content creation space, to kickstart projects and quickly learn the necessary skills.
What are the Benefits of Using MasterpieceVR?
While there are plenty of easy to use, consumer-facing design tools out there that double up for business purposes, there is a massive gap in the 3D design segment. Despite the rise and rise of VR, 3D continues to be a niche skill with a difficult learning curve. MasterpieceVR effectively addresses this with an intuitive UI, collaboration capabilities, a virtual design studio environment, and integrations with most of your 3D applications and VR headsets.
How Much Will It Cost?
MasterpieceVR has an interesting take on pricing – you can try and full platform entirely for free for as long as you need, but you cannot export your design. You can unlock exporting by upgrading to a paid plan, starting at $32.95 per month for a single license. A floating license (transferable among multiple users) is also available for Teams at $49.85 per month, and this is the edition where you get collaboration capabilities as well.
