Siggraph 2011: peek under the hood of the new Houdini
Check out Side Effects' videos of the turbo-charged new geometry engine and simulation tools in Houdini 12.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Event Coverage
Siggraph 2011: Autodesk inks licensing deal with Disney
Gains five years' exclusive access to XGen Arbitrary Primitive Generator technology used on Bolt and Tangled.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Vicon demos 'mobile mocap' cameras
New lipstick-sized cameras could make facial capture as portable as with markerless capture systems.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Pixar unveils RenderMan for Maya 5.0
Forthcoming update to overhaul raytracing and add 'physically plausible' shading, radiosity cache.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: videos of the upcoming 3ds Max update
Check out State Sets and iray running in an ActiveShade window - both due in the new Advantage Pack.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Autodesk unveils new Advantage Packs
Subscriber-only updates to Mudbox, Softimage and the creative finishing tools to ship by late September.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: cineSync goes browser-based
Review your shots from any computer, anywhere in the world, with the new cineSync Online service.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Shotgun Software unveils Shotgun 3.0
Asset-management system gets streamlined new UI; integration with Rush and cineSync Online to come.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph: Render Rocket updates Mission Control
Integrate cloud rendering into your pipeline with the online render farm's new programmable API.
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Tweak Software to preview RV 3.12
Industry-standard shot review and playback tool gains support for ARRI and RED RAW data.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Thinkbox to unveil Krakatoa 2.0 MX
3ds Max renderer to support hair, improved Magma and fractals, and gain new standalone sibling app.
Monday, August 1st, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Luxion to preview KeyShot 3
High-performance stills renderer gets into movies with easy-to-use new technical animation toolset.
Monday, August 1st, 2011
CVMP conference issues final call for papers
Submit your research by tomorrow, Thursday 30 June, to qualify for the BBC-funded Best Paper Prize.
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011