CG industry news round-up: November 2022
Amazon gets into crowd simulation, Autodesk buys into volumetric video, and Sketchfab goes 18+ only.
Monday, December 5th, 2022
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Epic releases MetaHuman DNA Calibration Library
Epic Games' new free tools let users view and edit the 'DNA' of next-gen MetaHuman characters.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
Epic Games Slovakia releases RealityCapture 1.2.1
Photogrammetry app now exports low-res scans to Sketchfab without using credits. Update also improves export to UE5.
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5.1
New features in the game engine range from updates to Nanite and Lumen to AI-based animation tools.
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
Esri ships CityEngine 2022.1
Check out the latest features in the procedural 3D city generation app, including workflow improvements when drawing street networks.
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
Nvidia releases Omniverse Create 2022.3 in beta
Major update to Omniverse's scene layout app adds new physics features and support for MaterialX.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
Blend File Importer loads .blend files in Unreal Engine
Handy new add-on makes it possible to import Blender scenes directly into Unreal Engine 4 and 5.
Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
Reallusion releases Character Creator 4.1
Character creation tool gets neat new auto-rigging system, new LOD creation and subdivision options.
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
Free tools: Unreal Live Link 2.1 for Maya is out
Check out the new features in Autodesk and Epic Games' free plugins live-linking Maya and UE5.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
Maxon releases Moves by Maxon 2023
See what's new in the free iPhone and iPad app for 3D scanning and facial and full-body motion capture.
Sunday, September 11th, 2022
Tutorial: Unreal Engine 5 Lighting Fundamentals
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial sets out all of UE5's key lighting tools, from Lightmass to Lumen.
Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
Free app Kiri Engine uses AI to edit noise from 3D scans
Promising new AI-enhanced photogrammetry app is available for both Android and iOS phones.
Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Chaos releases Chaos Vantage 1.8
Check out the new features in the real-time tool for exploring V-Ray scenes, like the new cloud system.
Monday, July 18th, 2022