New Substance 3D Reviewer from Adobe and Meta reimagines design reviews
In today's hybrid work environment, design teams and stakeholders are more distributed than ever. Whether collaborating across the office or across continents, the need to share, review, and align on product designs quickly and confidently has never been greater. Yet traditional design reviews — bound to flat screens and static presentations — fail to convey the true essence of 3D products, leaving teams to imagine how designs will actually feel, fit, and function in the real world.
Adobe Substance 3D Reviewer transforms design reviews by bringing 3D models to life at room scale in immersive Virtual Reality and on the web. Built in partnership with Meta and optimized for Meta Quest VR headsets, Reviewer helps teams experience designs as they're meant to be experienced — in real space, at real scale, and in real time.
Transforming design review in the era of 3d digital twins
At Adobe, we're helping brands transform how they design, market, and sell physical products through 3D digital twins. These 3D files are the foundation for everything from photorealistic prototyping to AI-powered content generation at scale. Yet traditional design reviews can struggle to communicate the spatial relationships, ergonomics, and real-world context of digital twins.
Adobe Substance 3D Reviewer bridges this gap by creating a shared virtual environment where teams can experience digital twins as they're meant to be experienced. VR participants can move around models at room scale and participate in real-time collaborative discussion with peers, even when those peers are hundreds of miles away. This approach has critical advantages. The first of these is spatial precision at true 1:1 scale, revealing proportions and dimensional relationships that 2D screens can’t, enabling accurate evaluations of ergonomics and fit impossible to judge from screenshots or turntables. This approach also allows for a more contextual evaluation of designs, bringing them to life in simulated environments, making it easier to see, for example, how a water bottle feels in your hand, how a shoe might look on a shelf, or how devices interact with spaces, helping teams understand material finishes under realistic lighting conditions before physical production begins.
Reviewer allows both technical and non-technical stakeholders to provide feedback informed by how designs will actually be experienced. Teams can see and explore 3D digital twins of products virtually and authentically in VR at true scale, collaborate seamlessly across VR and web platforms, and capture feedback through voice or text comments pinned directly to model locations. With support for both live and asynchronous workflows, plus organized feedback management, Reviewer makes for faster approvals, fewer late-stage surprises, and more confidence in design decisions.
Key Features of Substance 3D Reviewer
- Immersive and collaborative review in VR and on the web
- True-scale spatial accuracy for authentic design evaluation
- Contextual feedback system with voice and text commenting
- Cross-platform collaboration supporting both VR and web viewing
- Live and asynchronous review workflows
With Reviewer, design reviews are no longer confined to conference rooms or static screens. Teams can explore designs as they're meant to be experienced — immersively, collaboratively, and at authentic scale.
Try It Yourself
Experience the future of design review with Substance 3D Viewer. Check out this demo video to see the Substance 3D Reviewer in action and learn how it can accelerate your team's review process.