# Ability to edit within VR

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ability-to-edit-within-vr/13263>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 31, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ability-to-edit-within-vr/13263 "2020-08-31T19:34:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![apeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@apeta](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/apeta)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ability-to-edit-within-vr/13263/1 "2020-08-31T19:34:29Z")

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Hi all,

I was wondering if there was an extension to edit models while you are in virtual reality? Similar to what VR Sketch does for Sketchup files?

Basically it would be nice to be able to interact with and move/transform/extrude different parts of an object while in VR… any thoughts on if this is possible?

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**Author:** ![cpinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/cpinter/32/7995_2.png) [@cpinter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cpinter)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ability-to-edit-within-vr/13263/2 "2020-08-31T21:07:48Z")

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I have been wanting to do it for a long time, but there have been some obstacles so far. Now the last of these obstacles are being removed, namely upgrading to VTK 9, see [here](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/5141). Once we can show interactive widgets in VR (VTK 9 is needed for that), we can use some of the already implemented VR widgets (see [here](https://github.com/cpinter/SlicerVirtualReality/tree/virtual-widget)), one of which is Segment Editor VR. So if everything goes well, you’ll have an initial version of this feature in a few months. Of course, any help is welcome!