Unity releases SpeedTree 10
Tree-generation software gets new tools for pruning trees and adding 3D vines. Now available as a single edition for games and VFX.
Monday, September 30th, 2024
SpeedTree Cinema
IDV releases SpeedTree 9.5
Tree-generation software for games and VFX gets new Projectors system for adding surface details like moss and snow.
Friday, July 21st, 2023
Watch Lion, Unity's fur-raising new tech demo
Beautiful new demo shows millions of strands of CG hair, rendered in real time in 4K on a PlayStation 5.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
IDV ships SpeedTree 9.0
Tree-generation software for VFX and games gets freehand editing mode, new tools for integrating 3D scans, and new pricing model.
Monday, January 17th, 2022
Unity Technologies acquires SpeedTree developer IDV
Buyout to 'deepen integration' of IDV's tree-authoring technology with Unity, starting in Unity 2021.2.
Friday, July 23rd, 2021
Eye candy: the 2020 SpeedTree VFX reel
See the most luxuriant CG jungles created with SpeedTree Cinema, from The Lion King to Star Wars.
Friday, August 21st, 2020
IDV ships SpeedTree 8.4
Games edition of the tree-generation tool gets new wind animation algorithm, better texture atlas generation. Smaller updates to the Cinema edition.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
IDV ships SpeedTree Engine for Clarisse iFX
New version of the tree-creation tech lets users generate variant trees and animation inside Clarisse.
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
SpeedTree Cinema 8.2 ships
Tree-creation software gets new toolset for blending meshes captured via photogrammetry into its procedurally generated trees.
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Eye candy: IDV's epic 2018 SpeedTree VFX showreel
Watch innocent CG trees meet their ends at the hands of superheroes, spacecraft crashes and King Kong.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
IDV ships SpeedTree Cinema 8
Update to the tree-generation tool adds PBR support; new modelling, animation and export options. Price of a perpetual licence down $500.
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
Bullet and Naiad creators win Academy Awards
This year's Sci-Tech 'Oscars' reward advances in destruction physics, voxel data and digital vegetation.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Get the tree system used on Avatar for just $895
SpeedTree Studio offers lower-cost alternative to the SpeedTree Cinema software used on the blockbuster.
Thursday, August 4th, 2011