Tilt Brush goes open source
Google stops development of its virtual reality 3D painting and concept art app, but users can now compile it free from source code.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
Unity to pay $120,000/year to fund Blender development
Donation to the open-source 3D app's dev fund will help fund 20 full-time core Blender developers.
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020
Microsoft becomes latest tech giant to back Blender
Strings-free €30,000/year donation will help pay for new Blender staff - now including non-developers.
Thursday, July 30th, 2020
Nvidia backs Blender Development Fund
GPU firm's €120,000/year Patron level support will fund two more devs for the open-source 3D app.
Monday, October 7th, 2019
Google Cloud launches Zync Render 2.0
Online rendering service now offers up to 48,000 CPU cores per user, new GPU rendering options.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
Goog3D mashes up Google search with Sketchfab models
See the results of your search in 3D inside your browser with Sylvain Zimmer's neat tech experiment.
Friday, February 22nd, 2019
Check out new open-source VFX render manager OpenCue
Heavyweight tool is based on Sony Pictures Imageworks' in-house tech and backed by Google Cloud.
Friday, January 25th, 2019
Videos: see Siggraph Asia 2018's best technical papers
Watch the best tech demos from the show - from advances in VR to new ways to melt your CG dragon.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
Discover how pioneering CG short Construct was created
Director Kevin Margo explores Construct's advances in real-time ray tracing at a free event at Gnomon next week.
Monday, October 22nd, 2018
Google open-sources Seurat
Updated: Free tech converts offline renders to 3D geometry for use in mobile VR. Has exporters for Maya, Unity, UE4 - and now 3ds Max.
Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
Meet the new directors of Google's Spotlight Stories
See the creators of the award-winning series of VR shorts speak at Gnomon's LA campus on 16 Jan. Watch free online.
Sunday, January 7th, 2018
New beta of Unity 2017.2 adds support for Google's ARCore
Support for the augmented reality tech for Android phones also due in Unreal Engine 4.18 next month.
Friday, September 1st, 2017
Get Google's free Blocks VR modelling app
Free Windows app lets you create simple polygonal models in VR using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Friday, July 14th, 2017