At ShapesXR we keep working relentlessly to push new features and streamline the creative process based on YOUR feedback. This week we want to share with you 2 improvements aimed at enhancing precision and flexibility while you build complex scenes across different stages.

Background stage

From now on you will have access to a background stage. Adding objects or making any changes to this special stage will propagate across all other stages. We believe this is going to simplify and accelerate your creation process considerably!

Easy access to grid settings

You can now access your grid settings directly from your controller by tapping on the grid button and using the slider that pops up

New and improved loading animation

Last but not least, since we are big fans of delightful spatial experiences, we have reimagined and pimped the loading animation for all imported assets. Waiting for your model to spawn has never looked better 😅

Gizmo Improvements

The Gizmo is a very powerful tool at your disposal and we made some incremental improvements to the UI while grabbing an object and manipulating the handles. Check out the full blog post to see a video of the new Gizmo tool in action!

• Pivot gizmo rework. Also added initial position snapping to it. Fixed grab offset for pivot gizmo
• Size labels are deactivated from bounds if a user just grabs an object or moves it using move gizmo mode
• Added initial position ring snapping support

Snapping Improvements

• Improvements of snapping to surface (the rotation of the snapping object corresponds to the local rotation of the object being snapped to)
• Access to snapping steps from controllers
• Added smaller steps for grid snapping, 0.1cm to 10cm
• When grid snapping is on, the object auto snaps to rotation points
• More smoothen snapping shifts

Fixes

• Fixed lost space changes during connection lost and the application was closed
• Fixed when some objects get stuck after other users grab it
• Some other minor fixes

Stay tuned for more updates and do not hesitate to contact us at hey@shapesxr.com if you have any further questions

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