VR SCULPTING just got a BIG UPDATE! 

I hoped it was as you just convinced me to get it!

for the overlays you can also use OVR toolkit through steamVR instead of the regular steamVR floating windows, all the same functionality but it's a bit less of a performance hit for people on weaker machines

I certainly don't want to dismiss the Quest 2 as a budget option - nor the upcoming Quest 3S (the Quest 2 replacement) - but I really must note that the Quest 3's screen resolution is not only quite obviously improved: 1. Dual Screens with proper lens positioning removes all sim sickness caused by the "off-angle" spherical lenses of the Quest 2 - your eyes legitimately pick up on a distortion as they rotate because the lens isn't properly centered and is reflecting an image in a non-flat way into your eyes. 2. The new lenses are MUCH better - clear as can be - and this makes an even bigger difference than the bump in resolution - they even increase the field of view! 3. The Quest 3 supports features for streaming via Virtual Desktop that simply aren't present in the Quest 2 - Qualcomm's fancy sharpening, upgraded wifi support, and a more powerful cpu and gpu capable of pulling higher resolutions at higher framerates. I have used VR from my PC - hardwired into a Wifi 6 router that's across my house - so the signal is coming from a closed room and passing about 40 feet through proper walls before reaching me - and I only detected ANY latency whatsoever when playing expert+ beat saber maps - any other VR game and using my PC virtually through the headset felt as if there was no latency. The Quest 3 only supports up to 6E, not wifi 7, but even with a Wifi 6 router everything looked BETTER than my Valve Index. That said, the Quest 2 (which I still own) also works well under these conditions - it supports up to Wifi 6, which is why I have a Wifi 6 router. Do *not* buy a Quest 3 if you don't have the money. The Quest 2 is a fantastic value - especially once the Quest 3s releases and pushes the price down even further for used Quest 2 headsets - albeit, for good reason. The Quest 3 is absolutely worth the price, but a headstrap is practically necessary and while I recommend BoboVR (or Kiwi) they're about $40 for the headstrap and battery iirc. Then Virtual Desktop is $20 which is SUPER worth it. Just.. don't get Meta+ x.x I got tricked into that subscription with 2 very good games and the rest of the year since then has been trash game after trash game with the only exceptions being games from 6 years ago that are releasing a sequel that replaces the original. Also.. tbh Substance Modeler is just better than ShapeLab in my opinion - ultimately ShapeLab seeks to replace ZBrush - so you make your sculpts obeying the polygonal overlords (with the aid of masks, which SM doesn't have) and then go to Blender to actually turn it into something useful by retopologizing it. In SM you sculpt without any need to consider polygons whatsoever because they simply don't exist and you get a model that.. you pop into Blender, retopologize, and finalize from there. Heck, you could even toss it into ShapeLab and do whatever you want if Blender modeling / sculpting isn't your thing? In my opinion VR is best for concept work and "95% of the way there" stuff - and SM can do that just fine and faster UNLESS you need masks. SDF modeling is the future and it's not that ShapeLabs is bad - it's great - I just think that they bet on the wrong horse. I'm just confused as to why Adobe hasn't added masks to SM and polished it.. but that's also why it has a constantly available open beta that can be used for free.

Performance impact

I think that's a great idea.

Nomad sculpt will have a PC version released - confirmed with the creator on the forum. I use nomad all the time but am interested in this app now that I have a VR headset. I wish they had polygon tools for hard surface work in here :(

That was a while ago, and not much news of it. I look forward to it whenever it releases.

Nomad VR would be awesome

Classic NA passtime. Floors always need cleaning anyway.

You can import models. I think fbx is supported

You need to try it. You'll get it straight away, there's nothing more intuitive and fun

You've got 6 DOF controls plus "pressure" on two hands plus your head, also stereoscopic vision, it's a level of control you simply DON'T HAVE on 2D systems.

It is impossible if you use a curve workflow, which I do.

Yes, with gravity sketch and a quest 2/3 headset

2D screen is much better when you think about productivity and workflow. VR can be good for initial rough shapes and also to sketch around. It is quite something to be able to look models in VR but there's not really any big benefits. Only tool benefits I can think is using the grab tools and using your freedom of movement to create cool shapes very fast. edit: I like to play with VR sculpting just for fun. I also model with clay but with VR I can just lay back comfortably and wave my hands around.

Your words are like asking why using pen talet instead of a mouse. There are things that can be 10x faster to do in VR. Furthermore price of VR nowadays is even cheaper than a pen tablet so nothing crazy here just to use right tool for appropriate task.