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Rooms: A WebGPU-Based VR Platform for Intuitive 3D Sculpting and Animation
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
|July 21, 2026
Summary
Rooms is a new open-source platform making 3D modeling and animation accessible via virtual reality (VR) motion controls and WebGPU. This immersive tool lowers the barrier for non-expert users in web-based XR content creation.
Area of Science:
- Computer Graphics
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Web Technologies
Background:
- 3D modeling and animation tools often have steep learning curves.
- Web-based XR content creation is an emerging field with potential for broader accessibility.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce Rooms, an open-source XR content creation platform.
- To democratize 3D modeling and animation using VR and WebGPU.
- To enable intuitive, real-time sculpting and animation in web browsers.
Main Methods:
- Developed Rooms on top of wgpuEngine, utilizing VR motion controls.
- Implemented a Signed Distance Field (SDF) sculpting pipeline for clay-like modeling with Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG).
- Designed a GPU-driven, sparse SDF baking pipeline for efficient processing.
Main Results:
- Rooms provides real-time, cross-platform immersive sculpting and animation tools.
- User studies indicate the immersive, motion-based interaction lowers the entry barrier for non-experts.
- The platform is accessible via XR-enabled web browsers and desktop systems.
Conclusions:
- Rooms demonstrates a viable approach to accessible web-based XR creation.
- The platform leverages modern GPU APIs (WebGPU) for high-performance graphics.
- It paves the way for future intuitive and powerful web XR development tools.
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