Sneak peek: Houdini 22

SideFX has released a sneak peek video showing the new features in Houdini 22, the next major version of its procedural 3D software for VFX, game development and motion graphics.

Although it doesn’t include detailed descriptions of the new features, the video suggests that Houdini 22 will introduce a new set of tools for creating, lighting, and rigging 3D Gaussian Splats.

The video also shows a lot of updates to Copernicus, Houdini’s 2D and 3D image-processing framework, plus new features for character animation, simulation, and USD world building.

More details will be announced in a SideFX keynote on 22 June 2026.

Price, system requirements and release date
SideFX hasn’t announced a release date for Houdini 22 yet, but in recent years, its sneak peek videos have usually been posted around a month ahead of the public release.

You can find details of current pricing and system requirements in our story on Houdini 21.

Read more about Houdini on SideFX’s website
(No more information on Houdini 22 at the time of writing)

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