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MotionBuilder

Free tool generates body and finger rigs for humanoid 3D characters. Check out its new animation browsing and retargeting system.

Thursday, July 17th, 2025

Software for processing data from inertial mocap systems gets separate new anatomy models for male and female actors.

Thursday, May 15th, 2025

Update to the character animation and mocap-editing software extends USD workflows. Check out all the changes here.

Thursday, March 27th, 2025

Maya crowd simulation plugin goes back on sale as part of Autodesk's product bundle for VFX and games work. Check out its new features.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Major update to the real-time animation app adds new AI-based AccuPose system, plus motion trails and non-destructive clip editing.

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024

Check out the new features in this unexpected quality-of-life update to the character animation and mocap editing software.

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

Reallusion's free auto-rigging tool now also generates animated previews of your 3D characters to share with clients or collaborators.

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023

Rokoko's mocap software now lets users retarget motion to custom 3D characters. Subscription prices up.

Friday, May 26th, 2023

Check out the latest workflow changes to the character animation and mocap data editing software.

Tuesday, April 11th, 2023

Now available: ray tracing renderer used on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has been released under an Apache 2.0 licence.

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023

Promising new app aims to capture production-quality mocap for games and VFX on 2-6 iPhones.

Wednesday, March 1st, 2023

[Sponsored] Discover how to reuse one character in many projects with Reallusion's Character Creator 4.1.

Thursday, December 29th, 2022

Free tool automatically generates body and finger rigs for humanoid 3D characters. Check out its new time-saving symmetry options.

Friday, December 9th, 2022