Microsoft Maquette - "Blocks" Alternative

SolKutTeR · Oct 26, 2018

Interessante Ausrichtung von Microsoft, welche optisch sehr an einem Google Blocks erinnert, aber mit diversen Kniffen daherkommt.
Plattform bisher noch ungewiss, vielleicht Windows Store Exclusiv?

Microsoft Maquette von Microsoft
We're working on a new way to prototype ideas in VR. Microsoft Maquette is a mixed reality tool for creating immersive prototypes using a PC VR headset.

What is Microsoft Maquette?
Microsoft Maquette is a mixed reality tool for creating immersive prototypes using a PC VR headset. Now, we want to get the beta in your hands.

What problem is it addressing?
It's not easy to sketch and iterate spatial ideas quickly in 3D space. With Maquette, we want to make spatial prototyping simple and fast.

This is a work in progress.
There's a ton of useful features and improvements we want to ship, so we're constantly at work updating Maquette and reacting to feedback.

We want to empower you.
Our priorities are guided by users' needs. We want to empower you to explore your ideas, so we want your feedback!

Where did this come from?
We began development as an internal tool aimed at empowering Microsoft designers exploring mixed reality in the medium itself.

What platforms are supported?
Maquette is an app for PC VR setups, including Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive.

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Die bisherige Entwicklung (Release Notes) sieht vielversprechend aus.

Beta Version 2018.7 -Released October 18, 2018

Performance improvements

Imported images can now be tinted with the paint bucket tool

Eye-dropper tool now can sample colors from imported images

Visual pass on selection & hover states

Contextual help system

Updated spotlight content

UI improvements & bug fixes

Video recording section added in experiments

Alpha Version 2018.6 -Released September 13, 2018

Introducing the Maquette Home Space

Learn Maquette with in-app tutorial videos

Set default viewpoints for use in scenes & thumbnails

Eyedropper tool usability improved with a pointer ray

Take a screenshot with grab + trigger on the non-dominant hand

UI improvements & bug fixes

Alpha Version 2018.5 -Released July 26, 2018

Set users' viewing positions with viewpoints

Search & place Google Poly content

Substantially improved brush pathing

Stamp content with the trigger

Save your work instantly with the quick-save button

Import multi-mesh assets & textured-mapped FBX's

UI visual & usability improvements

Startup compatability checklist

Various bug fixes

Alpha Version 2018.4 -Released May 10, 2018

Place text & text boxes in VR

Added VR keyboard for text box authoring

Paste text from your desktop into VR

Snap content to world rotations

UI & usability improvements

various bug fixes

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Wer sich für die derzeitige Beta interessiert, kann sich hier in den Verteiler einschreiben

We want to build the tool you need.
If you’re trying to design for MR, we want to empower you to express your ideas, and we depend on your feedback to build the right tool. Give it a try! Microsoft Maquette is a Windows app for PC-tethered VR setups, including Windows MR, Oculus, and HTC Vive.
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nullptr · Oct 26, 2018

Auf dem unteren Bild sind definitv Oculus Touch Controller zu sehen deshalb wird es wahrscheinlich nicht WMR exklusiv, behaupte ich jetzt einfach mal so

Edit: Oh steht ja sogar dort: "Microsoft Maquette is a Windows app for PC-tethered VR setups, including Windows MR, Oculus, and HTC Vive."

SolKutTeR · Oct 27, 2018

Mit Plattform ist eher die Vertriebsplattform gemeint.

SolKutTeR · Jan 15, 2019

Seit heute kostenlos im Windows Store und auf Steam zu finden.

Microsoft Maquette von Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Maquette is a general purpose mock-up tool for spatial prototyping within virtual reality. It was built from the ground up to empower anyone to create fully immersive concept sketches in VR from inside your headset. Maquette includes a set of tools for importing, creating, composing, and storyboarding content in 3D space, complete with a library of primitives and UI icons. Among many other features, Maquette has fast and approachable UX, a text tool for annotations and spatial UI mockups, and easy selection and nested-grouping of content. Maquette has a complimentary Unity addon for importing Maquette content into Unity, which preserves materials and grouping hierarchy. Maquette's development process is guided by users' needs, so we want your feedback!
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SolKutTeR · Jun 5, 2019

Umfangreiches Update 2019.3.0.0.

Bring Maquettes to Life With Lighting.

Maquette now supports real-time lighting, with point lights and spotlights which can be added to the scene. Lights can be created and managed within the Lighting tab of the Gizmos menu.

In the Lighting tab, light gizmo UI visibility can be toggled with the checkbox at the top of the menu.

Each light has several customizable properties, including color, intensity, shadow-cast behavior, spotlight angle, and more.

Access a light's properties using its context menu. Hover your dominant hand's cursor on a light placed in the scene, and press the . . . button on your controller. You can alternatively access properties through the . . . button on the right side of the list of lights placed within the scene, found within the the Gizmo Menu's Lighting tab.

Link: Watch the video on the Maquette site.[www.maquette.ms]
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Place Content Perfectly with Gimbal Positioning.

Precisely edit the position, rotation, and scale of any content placed within the scene using the new gimbal handles.

Access the gimbal by hovering on content, and pressing the gimbal button on your controller.

Grab gimbal handles with the grip button to re-position content.

To hide the gimbal again, press the check button on the controller.

While moving a gimbal handle, use the trigger to stamp objects along individual axis or around specific rotations.

Gimbal directionality can be re-oriented using the new Bounding Box Tool - more information below.

Link: Watch the video on the Maquette site.[www.maquette.ms]
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Use the Bounding Box Tool to Orient Grouped Content's Directionality.

It's useful to change group's bounding boxes for better positioning when Surface Snapping & Rotation Snapping content, or for changing the orientation of gimbal positioning handles.

When the gimbal is active, the Bounding Box Tool appears next to your dominant hand's controller, much like the Orientation Tool. Pick it up and use the trigger to orient grouped contents' bounding boxes to targeted content.

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Take Steady-Cam Video & More With the New Camera Tool.

New Camera Features Include Video Capture, Steady-cam, and Horizon Lock.

Camera output can be set between photo, video, and 360 capture within the camera tool menu.

The Camera tool now supports a horizon lock mode, adjustable steady-cam smoothing, and FOV adjustment UI.

Now that the camera tool supports video capture, the video capture functionality from the Labs Menu has been removed.

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Introducing Re-designed Hand-held Capture & First-Person Capture Modes

Toggle between Hand-held Capture Mode and First-person Capture Mode within the Camera Tool menu.

In First-person Capture Mode, a HUD visualization of the media capture area appears, making it clear which content will appear in the photo or video frame during capture. This capture area can be adjusted using the joystick or touchpad slider on the dominant hand, or by changing camera FOV in Hand-held Capture Mode.

While recording in first-person video capture mode, you can leave the camera tool. You can end a recording while outside the camera tool with the red Stop Recording button at the bottom of the hand menu.

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Preview & Delete Camera Captures Without Removing the Headset.

Upon completing a photo, video, or 360 capture, a preview of the latest capture will appear. From the capture preview UI, the output media can be revealed in the desktop file explorer or deleted from the disk.

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View Content's Properties with Context Menus.

All content placed in a scene can now be named and customized further with context menus.

To open a context menu, hover your dominant hand's cursor on content placed within the scene, and press the . . . button on your controller.

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Choose the Right Color With the Contextual Color Picker.

Selecting a color swatch within Maquette's UI now open a contextual color picker for precise color selection.

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Additional Changes & Fixes

Close floating Maquette UI by throwing it away.

New Tutorials

New Spotlight Content in the Home Space

Spatial Audio

Visual update to virtual buttons on Oculus Touch & Knuckles controllers.

Various bug fixes

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lucasdidthis · Jun 5, 2019

Ui, das war bisher an mir vorbeigegangen, muss ich aber unbedingt mal ausprobieren.

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