almost 6 years ago from Saul Sutcher
Looking to dabble in UX/UI design for VR environments but having trouble figuring out how the heck to get started. Are there any interface design tools out there - in a dream world, it would be Sketch for VR?
I've done some searching but can't find anything worthwhile.
I'm building it! http://webvrstudio.com/
Aiming to get to private beta in next couple of weeks.
Noam this looks awesome! Would love to get in on the private beta!
Sounds good Saul! Feel free to email me, I'll add you to the list noam[at]webvrstudio.com
Noam, awesome work! If possible I would love to help test this, I'm coming from a unity3d perspective/workflow.
Mal, sounds good! Would love your advice once the build is ready. Email me at the address above, I'll add you to the list.
Any 3D app + Unity really.
Second this. Unity has a steeper learning curve than something like Sketch, especially if you're new to 3D in general, but it's very achievable. The Unity tutorials are a great place to start. The community is very active and you'll find answers online to practically any problem you'll run across.
The payoff from learning Unity (or Unreal) is just too good to pass up if you're genuinely interested in VR. Sketch has it's place for 2D UI elements, creating graphics for environmental textures, etc. But I think VR experiences that are dominated by a single curved 2D UI will become less common over time.
3D is by it's very nature a more complicated medium than 2D, so don't expect to hop into it as easily as you would from Photoshop to Sketch. Try enjoy the learning process, it's fantastic.
Third this. Unity power is in its environments which can be setup and shared as a single format. Now everyone can play inside that framework.
Sketch and this template https://blog.prototypr.io/sketch-plugin-sketch-to-vr-4e23ced47e6
Prototool http://prototool.co/
A-Frame makes it quite easy to create scenes using HTML-like markup https://aframe.io (tutorial: https://aframe.io/aframe-school/)
Co-spaces is quite intuitive https://cospaces.io/
And then also be sure to run through the content on http://www.uxofvr.com/ for pointers.
(full disclosure: uxofvr.com is a list I curate)
Thanks Max - awesome list.
Thanks Jan! Super helpful
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