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Re:Ford's designers are learning to create 3D cars in VR by syntaxing on Saturday February 02, 2019 @06:50PM (#19066687)
I think 3D mouse does pretty much what you ask for though[1]. I'm sure the possibilities are beyond my imagination with VR but I personally just can't see the benefits. Most engineers are pretty good with their abstract of space so I can't imagine VR being a necessity for design.

[1] https://www.3dconnexion.com/

Re:Ford's designers are learning to create 3D cars in VR by slavik81 on Sunday February 03, 2019 @01:41AM (#19068190)
I've briefly used one of those. It's a cool little device once you get used to it, but there's definitely a learning curve. By comparison, it's hard to understate how intuitive VR headsets are for controlling your camera. That might not matter for professional drafters, but it would certainly make 3D modelling more accessible to the public in general. I can imagine a future in which 3D models are created and used much like images are used today.