Hey everyone,

I'm here with another major release and some features that were long under development. I'm pleased to bring you the collab mode beta! Also, new shapes for flow diagrams, along with selection and text tools!

The collab mode beta lets you join others in a room to draw and diagram together. You can move the drawing board around the environment, draw with shapes or freehand, write text, and have it all synchronized. For this release, you have a choice of 12 avatars which include networked voice and lip synch.

The shapes menu now includes 18 additional shapes, with a whole new page dedicated to shapes for flow diagrams. The newly added selection tool will now let you select shapes that have been drawn and move and resize those shapes, either as a group or single shapes. The new text tool will bring up a virtual keyboard and let you type using laser pointers. Text will be added to the drawing board and the font size can be increased / decreased or font color changed with a set of buttons at the top of the keyboard.

There are number of performance improvements as well, most notably the load time for the winter scene.
Please keep in mind the collab mode is beta for now, although it has been well tested. Hope you’ll try it out! As usual, your feedback is most welcome.

-Martin

Hello! We are back with a massive update after more than a year of work. The update includes a major revamp of the visuals, new environments, board materials and tool panel. With this release, we are also very excited to support Oculus Rift! There's so much in this release, lets go through each item separately:


There are 2 beautiful new environments to work in: Summer and Winter. Easily toggle between each environment and load any drawings or diagrams you've done and continue working.


The tool panel now has a 'Move Board' button that when pressed lets you move the board around the environment and place it on a wall of your choice. If you feel like working outside, take your board and work and move it all with you.


A new 'Smooth Plastic' material becomes the default material. It has a nice smooth feel, while partially reflecting the environment behind you. If you prefer not to have any reflection, there is the 'Unlit' board material. You can also vary the opacity of the board to have a see-through glass feel. With the 'Unlit' board material, you can also change the color.


The tool panel has been completely re-modelled and has 3D buttons that pop out as you hover over them. A laser pointer and cursor help you navigate through different options.

We would love to know what you think. Please let us know of any bugs or suggestions for further releases!

- Martin