With the iPad Pro 2018 adding a desktop class chip and the announcement of a full port of Photoshop coming next year, some 5 trillion operations a second, what are the chances that Pixologic might reevaluate its position on bring ZBrush to the iPad?
I’d mention other tablets but I don’t think anyone other than Apple is putting the sheer horsepower into its tablet.
The whole problem is that the device runs iOS rather than macOS. This means that supporting such devices isn’t as simple as throwing a switch when compiling the code. The entire ZBrush code would actually have to be rewritten in order to provide the support.
This in turn puts iOS devices in the same boat as Linux or other operating systems. It’s not a matter of not wanting to do it but rather one of having to determine how much time is required and whether that same time would be better spent developing new features. Remember that not only is the initial port to the operating system a factor, but that it also requires additional development time for all future features as well because those most then be coded and optimized for three operating systems rather than two.
I’m not in any way implying that such support won’t happen. Pixologic simply does not comment on what might or might not be planned for the future. I’m simply pointing out the technical hurdles and the long term impact of such support.
Thanks for that cost analysis.
Cheers. I Love ZBrush and am always amazed at what you guys (and ladies) have created.