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.

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

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