Luxology unveils Modo 701
Upcoming release to feature new particle engine, audio tools, "up to 175x" speed boost - and new price.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Otoy ships OctaneRender for LightWave
Updated: LW version of the GPU-based renderer enters open beta. Check out some nice new videos.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Thinkbox Software releases Krakatoa SR
New standalone version of the formerly 3ds Max and Maya particle renderer integrates into any pipeline.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Luxology announces modo for Linux
Coming soon to a distro near you. Teaser screenshot also shows what may be new features in modo 701.
Monday, March 11th, 2013
Microsoft shows off hand recognition on the Kinect
Video shows gestures in use to control Windows 8 apps, but don't expect to do finger capture just yet.
Monday, March 11th, 2013
Sneak peek: new technology in Mudbox 2014
But unlike previous sneak peeks, the menu options are blurred out in the video. Post your guesses here.
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Eye candy: the visual effects of Our Lady of Lourdes
VFX supervisor Peter Szewyczk explains how he created the hallucinatory FX on a laptop in the Arnold renderer.
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Get the new ArionBench CUDA benchmark tool
Torture your Nvidia card with RandomControl's Arion-renderer-based GPU benchmarking tool.
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Sneak peek: Maya's new retopology tools
Watch the new resurfacing workflow, including a new Quad Draw tool like that in digitalRaster's NEX plugin.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Nvidia releases new Kepler-based Quadro GPUs
K600, K2000, K2000D and K4000 graphics cards fill out the medium-high end of Nvidia's pro line-up.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Holomatix releases SprayTrace 1.5
Real-time mental ray viewer for Maya gets new render snapshot system, material and lighting overrides.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Autodesk Labs unveils Project Pinocchio
Work-in-progress system creates fully rigged 3D characters in your browser for export in FBX format.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Eye candy: Vitaly Bulgarov's Black Phoenix project
Blizzard artist speed models a mech a day for ten days - and creates social media panic in Japan.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013