Act-3D releases Lumion 6.5
Real-time visualisation tool gets improved renderer, plus new option to set transparency for vegetation.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
virtual reality
Imagineer Systems ships mocha Pro 5
Updated, now shipping: see the matchmover's GPU-accelerated tracking and half-price After Effects plugin in action.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.12
Check out the new VR Editor mode and Sequencer cinematic editor. Lots of new mobile options, too.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016
Otoy releases OctaneRender 3.0
Now shipping: Long-awaited update to GPU renderer to add volumetrics, support for deep pixel compositing.
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
Epic Games ships Daydream plugin for Unreal Engine 4
Support for Google's new mobile VR platform available already. Source code out now, binaries due in June.
Friday, May 20th, 2016
VR-Plugin releases VR-Plugin 5.0
View and navigate Maya scenes via an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive with this VR plugin. Includes a free edition.
Friday, May 13th, 2016
Andersson Technologies ships SynthEyes 1605
Matchmoving software gets new toolsets for stabilising and tracking 360-degree video for virtual reality.
Monday, May 9th, 2016
See how David Karlak made RISE, his cult sci-fi short
See the filmmaker discuss his three year labour of love at Gnomon's LA campus on Thursday 5 May, or watch free online.
Friday, April 29th, 2016
Crytek unveils Film Engine
Firm unveils new real-time VR and film production system based on its former Cinebox previz technology.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
Nvidia announces Iray VR and Iray VR Lite
Firm unveils two new editions of its GPU-based rendering technology designed for virtual reality work.
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.11
Big update to game engine includes new Sequencer cinematics editor. Source code for the upcoming VR Editor also available.
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.4 in public beta
Update promises "enhanced visuals" plus GPU instancing, better multicore rendering and VR support.
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
Crytek releases CryEngine V for free
AAA game engine now available on a 'pay what you want basis'; gets new C# API and particle system, revamped renderer.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2016