VR an eye-popping new canvas for artists using Tilt Brush

Virtual reality isn't just for gamers and engineers anymore: visual artists are dabbling with the technology to create eye-popping artworks.

A new VR app called Tilt Brushallowsartists and anyone else with a creative streak to paint brilliant three-dimensional drawings and craft virtual sculptures. Created byGoogle, it is used withHTC's Vive VR equipment.

Artist Olga Nabatova got to try it out when Google commissioned her to create a 3-Drendering of the downtown Toronto skyline for a recent event. Click on the video above to take a tour through the artwork.

"I was so happy. I am in virtual and I want to be here,"Nabotova told CBC News.

"I know it is only the beginning and that there are limitations, but theydevelop new brushes all the time."

To create a piece in Tilt Brush, Nabatova dons a VR headset and picks up two controllers. Inside her VR artscape, one controller becomes a three-sided pallet while the other becomesa brush.

Making art in VR: a quick demo by artist Olga Nabatova

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Artist Olga Nabatova gives a quick demonstration of creating a virtual reality drawing using Google Tilt Brush.

To those watching, sheseems to be doing an intricate dance as she guides the controllersthough the air.

But in her VR world, each of her movements creates ashimmering brushstroke, chosen from a multitude of three-dimensional forms.

Nabatovanormally works in clay, but she said she's now also fallenfor VR.

"Tilt brush is amazing in some ways. It gives you options to work very large and create athree-dimensional stage and I really enjoy working there. To do detailed work such as aportrait, I think that is coming, but it is not there yet."

Watch Ron Charles'sfull report on Tilt Brush on The National Friday night.