Is Immersive Virtual Reality the Ultimate Interface for 3D Animators?

Creating computer animations is a labor-intensive task. Existing virtual reality (VR)-based animation solutions offer only heterogeneous subsets of traditional tools' functionalities. We present an add-on for the Blender animation suite that enables users to switch between native and immersive VR-based interfaces and employ the latter to perform a representative set of tasks.

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