Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2026
Update to the character animation and mocap-editing software extends USD workflows. Check out all the changes here.
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
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Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2025.1
Check out the new features in this unexpected quality-of-life update to the character animation and mocap editing software.
Friday, August 2nd, 2024
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2024
Check out the latest workflow changes to the character animation and mocap data editing software.
Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2023
Check out the workflow improvements in the new version of the character animation software.
Monday, April 18th, 2022
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2022
Motion-capture editing tool gets support for Python 3 and quite a range of workflow improvements.
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2020
Mocap editing software gets option to declutter animation playback, plus support for unlimited Undos.
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2019
Mocap editing app gets Clean Up Scene tool, updates to the Story Window and Camera Switcher.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Epic Games ships free MotionBuilder Live Link for UE4
Free plugin streams mocap data from MotionBuilder to preview it inside Unreal Engine in real time.
Thursday, August 16th, 2018
IKinema releases Action 2.0 for MotionBuilder
Mocap solving and retargeting plugin's new ACP tech auto-fixes common errors like foot slippage.
Saturday, October 29th, 2016
See MotionBuilder mocap data streamed to a HoloLens
Video: Jasper Brekelmans' amazing tech demo displays mocap data on a live 3D avatar in augmented reality.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
IKinema releases Action for MotionBuilder
Top mocap solving, retargeting and editing technology now available in MotionBuilder. Maya edition of the plugin also updated.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
See an R&D preview of V-Ray RT for MotionBuilder
See real-time path tracing in the MotionBuilder viewport on the set of Kevin Margo's short, Grounded.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Autodesk posts Leap Motion plugin for MotionBuilder
Free R&D plugin lets users of the Kinect-like device puppeteer characters live inside MotionBuilder.
Thursday, September 26th, 2013