

Episode 009: The Fabric of Spatial Computing
Paolo is joined by Roz McNulty for a fascinating discussion on clothing, fashion, and rendering cloth in 3D and immersive spaces. Show Notes You can download the Reality Composer Pro 3 project that was discussed in this episode. This tool is in Beta and seems to work best on macOS Golden Gate. ClothSim RCP3 SampleDownload Exploding skirt demo from Reality Composer Pro 3 Guest and Host Roz McNulty (Guest) on LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/rozmcnulty PaoloPV (Host) on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolopv/ Fashion Innovation Centre / VR Fashion Museum https://www.rozmcn.com/our-team Roz McNulty: “Future Applications of Digital Clothing for Historical Costume”https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/EVA2019.45 FIC Athletic: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fic-athletic/id6757085560 Apple Vision Pro and visionOS Build for visionOS https://developer.apple.com/visionos/ visionOS Developer Documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos Designing for visionOS https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/designing-for-visionos Immersive experiences https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/immersive-experiences Reality Composer Pro, RealityKit, and Cloth Simulation Reality Composer Pro 3 https://developer.apple.com/reality-composer-pro/ RealityKit Documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/realitykit RealityKit Cloth Simulation Documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/realitykit/physics-cloth-simulation ClothSimulationComponent Documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/realitykit/clothsimulationcomponent WWDC26: Explore advances in RealityKit https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2026/279/ WWDC26 visionOS Guide https://developer.apple.com/wwdc26/guides/visionos/ What’s new in visionOS https://developer.apple.com/visionos/whats-new/ 3D Apparel Tools Mentioned CLO — 3D Fashion Design Software https://www.clo3d.com/en/ CLO Support https://support.clo3d.com/hc/en-us Marvelous Designer https://www.marvelousdesigner.com/ Difference between CLO and Marvelous Designer https://support.clo3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012666547-What-is-the-difference-between-CLO-and-Marvelous-Designer CLO CONNECT — 3D Fashion Creator Network https://connect.clo-set.com/ CLO Export / 3D Pipeline References CLO glTF / GLB Export https://support.clo3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051525034-glTF-2-0-GLTF-GLB-File CLO USD Import / Export https://support.clo3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/29738864727449-USD-File-Import-Export-ver-2024-0 USDZ File Format Specification https://openusd.org/release/spec_usdz.html Apple AR Quick Look / USDZ Gallery https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/quick-look/ Fashion, 3D Apparel, and Digital Product Creation Vogue Business: 3D digital fashion design’s hidden layers https://www.vogue.com/article/tech-spotlight-3d-digital-fashion-designs-hidden-layers CLOTH3D: Clothed 3D Humans Dataset https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.02792 CloSe: A 3D Clothing Segmentation Dataset and Model https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12051 N-Cloth: Predicting 3D Cloth Deformation with Mesh-Based Networkshttps://arxiv.org/abs/2112.06397 Prototyping and Design Thinking Mentioned What Do Prototypes Prototype? by Stephanie Houde and Charles Hill https://hci.stanford.edu/courses/cs247/2012/readings/WhatDoPrototypesPrototype.pdf Historical Fashion and Preservation The Met: Blithe Spirit — The Windsor Set https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2002/the-windsor-set Wallis Simpson wedding dress backgroundhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_dress_of_Wallis_Simpson The Met Collection: Mainbocher / Duchess of Windsor related fashion object https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82087 Paolo’s IRL Pleated Skirt Experiments Photos of Paolo as he was experimenting on creating a pleated skirt 17 times just to get the perfect one (There are more photos, but you get the idea) Reality Composer Pro 3 Experiments Flag Experiment by Paolo (Twitter): https://x.com/itspaolopv/status/2072917192690307508?s=20 Skirt Explosion Experiments (Video Attachment on Discord) Reality Composer Pro 3 Sample Attached Zip File Note: If loaded in Mac OS Tahoe it falls, but it works on Mac OS Golden Gate Beta 2 and 3. There may be additional things needed to be done, will update more in a future post. Marilyn Monroe / Pleated Dress References The Seven Year Itch white dress background https://people.com/style/marilyn-monroe-iconic-white-dress-details/ Netflix: Blonde https://www.netflix.com/title/80174263 Vanity Fair: Ana de Armas transformation for Blonde https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/how-ana-de-armas-became-marilyn-monroe-blonde Blonde’s Costume Design: https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/blonde-costume-designer-jennifer-johnson-interview Recreating iconic outfits for Blonde https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-movies-costume-design-2c9628194538fdecdf48ac259cbedd77 Fashion Week / Runway / Spatial Fashion Context Vogue: Attending Milan Fashion Week through Apple Vision Pro https://www.vogue.com/article/attending-milan-fashion-week-apple-vision-pro-headset Dior https://www.dior.com/ Jonathan Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Anderson_(fashion_designer) Dior Spring/Summer 2026 https://www.dior.com/en_us/fashion/womens-fashion/haute-couture-shows/haute-couture-spring-summer-2026-show Dior Spring/Summer Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvd5JyvYGXU Community Apps Vision ProTein: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vision-protein/id6499503487 GOOH! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gooh/id6755126563 Body Transfer Illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_transfer_illusion Related Apple Vision Pro Cultural / Immersive Work Mentioned LALÒ Immersive on the App Storehttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/lalo-immersive/id6740135829?platform=vision