Facebook becomes Corporate Patron of Blender
Social media giant is the most suprising $120,000+/year backer of the open-source 3D software so far.
Friday, November 20th, 2020
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Adobe releases Medium 2.4
First Adobe release of the virtual reality sculpting tool adds features intended to help users create more complex sculpts, better FBX export.
Friday, August 28th, 2020
Adobe acquires Medium
Firm acquires VR modelling and painting app from Facebook. Some staff to move to Adobe to work on the 'next generation of 3D tools'.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019
See Substance Painter running in VR via Oculus's Hybrid Apps
New technology could let artists use DCC tools in virtual reality, via the same UI as on the desktop.
Friday, September 28th, 2018
Oculus ships Medium 2.0
VR modelling tool gets new Elastic mode for sculpting, support for grid and angle snapping, fewer limits on layers, undo operations and lights.
Monday, July 2nd, 2018
Facebook introduces glTF 2.0 support for 'richer 3D posts'
Posts now display 3D models interactively, with PBR materials, You can export directly from Modo.
Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Facebook's Quill VR painting tool now lets you animate, too
Quill 1.4 lets you animate layers or brush strokes frame by frame and export the result in Alembic format.
Friday, February 9th, 2018
Khronos Group adds PBR materials to glTF 2.0
Open format for exchanging 3D assets between game engines or web apps now supports physically based rendering.
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
Oculus ships its Quill and Medium VR art tools
Videos: New virtual reality painting and sculpting tools come free with the new Oculus Touch controller.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
Oculus Rift VR headset nets $1 million on Kickstarter
John Carmack-backed $300 VR device smashes its campaign target within one day of crowd funding.
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012