Early preview: A Whiteboard for design teams

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Hi everyone,

When you’re in the early stages of a project, running design reviews or working through ideas with a client, where do those conversations happen?

For a lot of teams it’s Miro or FigJam. You screenshot your renders, paste them onto the board and mark them up. But those tools weren’t built for 3D work, so your panoramas get flattened and feedback ends up separate from your source files.

We’re exploring Chaos Cloud Whiteboards, a shared canvas built for designers and the people they work with, and we’d like to develop it together with you.

A few things we’re exploring:

  • Infinite Multi-User Canvas: A shared canvas where your team and clients can work at the same time with sticky notes and markups

  • Interactive Media blocks - A/B Compare, Panorama, Embed and more

  • AEC-Native Asset Pipeline: Drag in any content uploaded to Chaos Cloud (renders, videos, virtual tours, pdf files and more) or any asset from the Chaos Cosmos library. Embed additional media from external resources

  • In-Context AI Ideation (Chaos Veras) so you can restyle, combine or populate images during a session (sample features for demo purposes)

  • From ideas to pitch by turning your favourite concepts into a presentation board for client sign-off

:clapper_board: Watch the video below to see sample workflows in action

AI Whiteboard Demos.mp4

We’d really like to know:

  1. Do you use Miro, FigJam or similar tools for design reviews or client workshops?

  2. How useful would it be to use contextual AI features to help your ideation or review session?

  3. How important is it to explore interactive 3D content, like assets, models or gaussian splats, directly on the canvas?

  4. Anything else you want to share or ask!

Leave a comment with your thoughts or anything you’d want to see.
And if you’d like to try it yourself, we’re running compensated testing sessions where you can explore the concept and share feedback with our team. **You can sign up here: [link]

*Disclaimer -** this is a demo prototype and does not represent final quality or features

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Wow, I totally didn’t see this coming! :blush:

I’m a huge fan of GENDO, and it feels like you’re heading in the same direction—which is awesome. Out of all the tools that live around us, this is exactly what I was missing with Enscape and Veras. Both are great, but they feel a bit split in approach: Veras for the start and finish, Enscape for solid accuracy. We really need a common ground, and Whiteboard looks like it!

I tried Miro a bit during a CG Masterclass with Kate Vera—it was nice and tidy but felt less creative. When things feel predictable, intuition takes a backseat. Still, it worked well overall. Here’s the link if you’re curious: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVHpww57A=/.

Figma is everywhere and loved by design teams. I haven’t tried FigJam yet, but it might be the go-to for brainstorming—maybe less for core design work, but would test it. Gosh, there are so many options!

From the clip, Whiteboard (great name!) looks amazing. Here’s what caught my eye so it can really stand out:

  • The vertical slider is super handy—comparing image versions and tasks works so much better this way!
  • It feels like Veras on steroids. I’d love to avoid adding more software; I wish Veras and Enscape could coexist. Fewer windows would be ideal.
  • The library panel with lots of images keeps us thinking and feeling connected to the project.
  • One-sentence prompts and short tasks look great. More control is worth a few extra seconds. We need tools that break work down step by step.

I’d love to try it out if I can! I’ve got lots of ideas, but having a Whiteboard space to explore with a bit of chaos is definitely a win.

Cheers!