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What is Painting VR? 

Painting VR is a virtual reality art studio used by more than 140,000 people worldwide. Pick up a brush, experiment with realistic painting tools, and create on canvases of all sizes, without the cost or clean-up of a physical studio.

Whether you are an experienced artist or picking up a brush for the first time, Painting VR gives you the freedom to experiment, develop your skills, and make the studio your own.

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HydraVR video (82 million views)

Latest Press Release

Sept 6, 2026

How one creator used Painting VR to reach half a billion views

Using Painting VR, creator HydraVR has transformed virtual paintings into viral videos watched more than 500 million times across social media.

When Belgian studio Oisoi created Painting VR, a virtual reality painting game that gives players their own digital art studio, the idea was simple: let anyone pick up a brush and paint inside a VR headset. What it didn’t expect was for one of its players to turn painting in the game into a social media phenomenon.

Hidde Kip, 22, better known online as HydraVR, creates his Painting VR videos around a full-time job, with some taking up to eight hours to make. His biggest hit? Painting a Minecraft lava bucket. It has more than 81 million views on YouTube alone.

It’s part of Hidde’s “Minecraft vs Realism” series, where he reimagines familiar objects from the game as detailed paintings. He’s also painted everything from the Mona Lisa to Meccha Chameleon, one of 2026’s biggest breakout games.

There’s an almost ASMR-like quality to the videos: the sound of brush strokes, the gradual reveal, and the satisfaction of watching a blank canvas slowly become a finished painting.

Hidde started HydraVR from scratch in November 2024, creating videos in his spare time alongside his full-time job.

“I discovered Painting VR through a viral YouTube Short and was immediately hooked. I’d already been making VR content and loved experimenting with ideas that could take off, so combining painting with trending topics felt like a natural fit. When my first ‘Minecraft vs. Realism’ video took off, the response was incredible. Seeing the series resonate with so many people has been an amazing experience.”

“We built Painting VR to let people create, but Hidde has taken it somewhere we never expected. Seeing 81 million views on a Minecraft lava bucket painted in our game is pretty wild,” said Wim Reygaert, founder of Oisoi.

What starts with one person, a headset and a blank canvas can end up being watched half a billion times.

Painting VR is available on Meta Quest, Steam.

About HydraVR

Hidde Kip, better known as HydraVR, is a 22-year-old Dutch creator whose Painting VR videos have generated more than 500 million views across social media. His “Minecraft vs Realism” series includes a Minecraft lava bucket painting that has received more than 81 million views on YouTube.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HydraVR0
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hydra._vr
HydraVR's email (Hidde Kip): hidzmedia@gmail.com

About Oisoi Studio

Oisoi Studio was founded in 2021 by Wim Reygaert and Xander Clerckx. Wim spent most of his career creating music and films, while Xander worked as a technical artist in the 3D animation industry. Their first VR title, Painting VR, began as one of Xander’s lockdown side projects and quickly gained traction following its 2021 release on Meta App Lab.

Since then, the Ghent-based studio has grown to a team of more than ten people, all mildly obsessed with making games that are creative, playful, and a little unpredictable. Its portfolio has expanded with the VR titles Wait What’s That and Vandalizer, alongside Painting PC, a non-VR painting game available on Steam.