GoogleTilt Brush: Impossible now a reality?

(CNN)Artists, put down yourbrushes. It's time to step into the world of virtual reality.

Google has unveiled Tilt Brush, its new app set torevolutionize the definition of painting and push the boundaries of what it canrepresent.

With the swipe of adigital brush users wearing a connected HTC Vive headset can paint life-sized,three dimensional strokes of just about anything even drawing withimpossible materials such as fire, snow and stars.

The immersive space is anobvious draw for installation artists, but there are multiple creative avenuesfor the app.

Tilt Brush has thepotential to drive change in the fashion industry, as illustrators can paintwith textured fabrics such as denim, silk and cotton, as well as leather.Designers can flesh out their creations to scale and step around their work inprogress, viewing it from every conceivable angle and share it with TiltBrush users around the globe.

The app, which is bundled in with the HTC Vive,has already become a plaything for a select group of artists invited by The Google CulturalInstitute to trial the technology in Paris earlier this year.

"I had this idea ofwhat I wanted to do, but when I entered the virtual space, at that moment everythingchanged," says calligrapher SaidDokins.

Faith47 explainsthat you're leaving the two dimensional world behind and "basicallysculpting your drawing."

"What really struckme was the ability that this has for this to be a platform for installations inmuseum and gallery space," said Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada onhow the technology could be applied.

Graffiti artist Chu agrees, arguing TiltBrush "[is] going to revolutionize how people are going to view immersiveartworks."

Source:http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/09/arts/google-tilt-brush/index.html

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Vocabulary:

1.    Unveiled– (verb) to reveal or disclose by or as if by removing a veil

2.    Immersive– (adjective) noting or pertaining to digital technology or images that deeplyinvolve one’s senses and may create an altered mental state

3.    Revolutionize– (verb) to bring about a revolution in effect a radical change in

Discussion Questions:

1.    Howdo you find the topic of the article? Was it interesting?

2.    Doyou think this app will be embraced quickly by many? Why or why not?

3.    Inyour opinion, what are the pros and cons of Tilt Brush?

4.    Ifyou were into art, would you prefer to use this app or would you stick to usingyour brushes?

5.    Whatdo you think would be the biggest effect of this app to the art world?