Faceware Studio gets indie pricing, free Unreal live link
Changes cut cost of the facial mocap system for indie artists streaming to Unreal Engine by over $3,000/year.
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
MotionBuilder
See Nvidia's new Omniverse plugins, apps and pricing
See the latest features in the real-time collaboration platform, and prices for Omniverse Enterprise.
Tuesday, November 9th, 2021
SideFX releases Houdini 19
Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
Autodesk introduces Flex pay-as-you-go pricing
Token-based payment system now available alongside subscriptions for apps like 3ds Max and Maya.
Friday, September 24th, 2021
Autodesk gets a new logo
Updated: new corporate brand system and font now joined by new product logos for 3ds Max, Maya, Mudbox and MotionBuilder.
Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
Ragdoll Dynamics adds real-time physics to your Maya rigs
Neat new plugin adds realistic dynamics to machines, muscles, cloth and hair in the Maya viewport.
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
OptiTrack ships Motive 3.0
In beta: optical mocap software's new 'Quantum Solver' can track 10 actors simultaneously. See all of its new features and new pricing.
Tuesday, July 13th, 2021
Take-Two Interactive Software acquires Dynamixyz
Dynamixyz's facial mocap tech now available exclusively to Take-Two's own studios like Rockstar Games.
Monday, July 5th, 2021
Use Faceware Studio for free for six months
New PLE licences of the real-time facial mocap software can be used with MetaHumans in Unreal Engine.
Thursday, June 10th, 2021
Nvidia announces pricing and new plugins for Omniverse
Studios will pay to use the hotly tipped open collaboration system, but individual artists can use it free.
Monday, April 12th, 2021
Xsens cuts the price of its pro inertial mocap systems
New entry-level MVN Awinda Starter system and MVN Animate Basic software cost under $5,000.
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
Autodesk ships Maya 2022
Sizeable update to the 3D software adds 'full USD integration', new VR modelling app, and new character rigging and animation features.
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2022
Motion-capture editing tool gets support for Python 3 and quite a range of workflow improvements.
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021