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3D scanning

Check out the new features in the 3D sculpting and retopology software, and its cut-down edition for texturing work.

Wednesday, June 25th, 2025

Check out the new features in the desktop 3D scanning tool and the Android and iOS photogrammetry apps, all of them free to indie artists.

Wednesday, June 18th, 2025

Desktop photogrammetry software to be unified with Epic's free 3D scanning app for Android and iOS. Check out its upcoming features.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

Key shot from the carjacking thriller was created using 3DEqualizer, Houdini and Nuke from 360-degree footage and Lidar scans.

Thursday, May 8th, 2025

Mobile 3D scanning app uses new machine learning techniques to refine raw environment scans captured on iPhone and iPad Pros.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

3D scanning firm Kiri Innovations' free add-on now lets you paint onto 3DGS data inside Blender, including through texture images.

Friday, March 28th, 2025

Check out the new features in the 3D capture software, including path tracing in the 3D View and support for HP's Z Captis scanner.

Friday, February 21st, 2025

Free, open-source online tool for viewing and editing 3DGS data can now add camera animations to existing scans.

Monday, February 17th, 2025

Update to Epic Games' free app provides more control over scans, with the option to create 1-million-poly models with 8K textures.

Thursday, January 30th, 2025

Check out the new features in the renderer, including a new Houdini-specific volume shader and better integration with Solaris.

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the VFX renderer, including OpenPBR support and changes to USD support specific to the Maya edition.

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Kiri Engine 3.13 improves the quality of 3D Gaussian Splatting in the app, sharpening scans and reducing 3DGS file sizes 'approximately 50%'.

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025

Check out the new features in the renderer, including native OpenPBR and 3D Gaussian Splatting support, and improvements to V-Ray GPU.

Thursday, January 16th, 2025