Check out this fun, physics-enabled prototype from Justin Ryan:
AirDraw on Apple Vision Pro is incredible when you toggle on physics.
Being able to interact with your 3D drawings makes them feel like they are actually in your room. pic.twitter.com/jFNf56f8eg
— Justin Ryan ᯅ (@justinryanio) January 27, 2026
Here’s an extended version of the demo:
The moment I switched on gravity was the moment everything changed.
Lines I had just drawn started to fall, swing, and collide like they were suddenly alive inside my room. A simple sketch became an object with weight. A doodle turned into something that could react back. It is one of those Vision Pro moments where you catch yourself smiling because it feels playful in a way you do not see coming.
Of course, Old Man Nack™ feels like being a little cautious here: Ten years ago (!) my kids were playing in Adobe’s long-deceased Project Dali…
…and five years ago Google bailed on the excellent Tilt Brush 3D painting app it acquired. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And yet, and yet, and yet… I Want To Believe. As I wrote back in 2015,
I always dreamed of giving Photoshop this kind of expressive painting power; hence my long & ultimately fruitless endeavor to incorporate Flash or HTML/WebGL as a layer type. Ah well. It all reminds me of this great old-ish commercial:
So, in the world of AI, and with spatial computing staying a dead parrot (just resting & pining for the fjords!), who knows what dreams may yet come?