One of the most common questions we hear from VFX studios, animation teams, game developers, and virtual production professionals is simple: Do pen tablets actually work on cloud workstations?
At SIGGRAPH 2026, CenterGrid Virtual Studio will answer that question with a live demonstration featuring a Xencelabs pen tablet connected to a high-performance cloud workstation through the Parsec Enterprise Relay platform.
During this session, attendees will experience firsthand how modern cloud infrastructure can deliver the responsiveness, precision, and control that digital artists expect from a local workstation. Live demonstrations will showcase pen pressure sensitivity, stroke accuracy, low-latency interaction, and real-time creative workflows running entirely from cloud-hosted GPU resources.
For many studios considering cloud adoption, artist input devices remain one of the biggest concerns. Creative professionals rely on natural drawing experiences and responsive tools that cannot tolerate lag, jitter, or inconsistent performance. This presentation explores how advances in remote workstation technology, enterprise networking, and cloud GPU infrastructure are enabling professional pen tablet workflows to operate seamlessly across distributed environments.
The demonstration will highlight how artists can access powerful cloud-based workstations while maintaining the familiar feel of working with a professional pen display or tablet. Whether supporting remote artists, distributed production teams, educational programs, or global creative operations, cloud-connected pen tablet workflows are becoming an increasingly important part of modern content creation pipelines.
Join us to see the technology in action and discover how cloud workstations and professional pen tablets are helping shape the future of creative production.
