PaintSpace

3D + VR Painting application built using Unreal Engine 4.

Basics

PaintSpace is made for drawing in 3D space using an Oculus Rift and Leap Motion controller. Using hands for the controls, 3D drawings can be "painted" on a canvas of 3D space.

Goals

• Explore and understand what it means to paint in 3-dimensional space, methods for doing so, and the implications or benefits of each.
• Develop an application that allows for such, and further incorporates various functionalities.
• These include: export of some "finished" product (dependent on method of painting/drawing), various options and utilities, controls that are easy to use.
• Finally, the culmination of the above in some "painting" that demonstrates value either as a resource or artistically, and showcases the capabilities of the application.

In Development:

• [x] 3D Hand-based UI with multilayered menus
• [x] Gesture based movement in scene and additional controls
• [x] Exporting of drawn objects as .obj file
• [x] Improved "drawing" (placement and appearance of static meshes)
• [x] "Spray-paint" style drawing
• [ ] Creating of "photographs" based on drawn scene
• [ ] Wireframe drawing, wireframe based mesh creation, mesh surface painting (tentative)
• [x] UI options including: color/material change, drawing method change, undo/redo, etc.

Examples

Brief Demo:

Acknowledgements

Thanks very much to Getnamo for his UE4 Leap Motion plugin! Thanks to my dad, Peter Madany, for always being willing to listen or help! Thanks to my advisor, Robert Signorile, for his help and for getting me to continue making more and more progress on this project!