Tilt Brush/Open Brush

By Paul Krupski & Beatrice Hoang

(Last Updated 03/13/22)

Summary

Tilt Brush lets you paint in 3D space with virtual reality. Unleash your creativity with three-dimensional brush strokes, stars, light, and even fire. Your room is your canvas. Your palette is your imagination. The possibilities are endless.

With six tools you can create models as simple as a mug and as complex as a spaceship.
Whether you’re building an app or showcasing your talent, share your models via links, .obj exports, or animated gifs.
With Blocks, you can create models in VR. That means no more mind tricks to create real, volumetric objects on a 2D surface.

Note

On January 26, 2021, Google announced that it would end development on Tilt Brush, releasing its source code on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license. It can be found here: https://github.com/googlevr/tilt-brush

Open Brush is a free derivative made from Tilt Brush's open source code. It has added significant features to the original Tilt Brush application, such as:

Fly Tool
Plane Guide
Oculus MRC fixes
LIV Support
Icosa uploads
LATK export
Jitter
Repaint
Guide settings

Hiding Brushes with Brush Tags
Selection/Erase Filter
View Axis Unlocking
Lazy Input
Bimanual Input
The Revolver
Grid and Angle Snapping
Merging Sketches
Scripting API

The Open Brush docs can be found here: https://docs.openbrush.app

TiltBrush Available on:

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/327140/Tilt_Brush/
Humble: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/tilt-brush
Viveport: https://www.viveport.com/bbbc73fc-b018-42ce-a049-439ab378dbc6
Oculus store: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1111640318951750
PlayStation store: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP9000-CUSA18125_00-TILTBRUSH0000000

OpenBrush Available on:

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1634870/Open_Brush/
Viveport: https://www.viveport.com/f1f3d00b-cf8a-443f-825e-4fea2dd3b005
Oculus store: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/5227489953989768/
Itch.io (experimental builds): https://openbrush.itch.io/openbrush

Supports:

Windows Mixed Reality
HTC Vive
Oculus Rift
Valve Index

System Requirements:

MINIMUM:

OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or later, Windows 10
Processor: CPU: Intel i5-4590, AMD FX 8350 equivalent or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or better
Storage: 1 GB available space
Sound Card: N/A