See the 2023 Blender development roadmap
See which major features are due in the open-source 3D software in 2023 - and which are delayed.
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
Latest News
Open 3D Foundation releases Open 3D Engine 23.05
Big update to the open-source game engine adds node-based material system, OpenXR support.
Friday, May 5th, 2023
LightWave Digital announces LightWave 2023
First version of the 3D animation software in three years to ship in Q4 2023. Upgrade deals include company shares.
Friday, May 5th, 2023
Blender's simulation nodes are coming in Blender 3.6
Long-awaited node-based simulation system reaches the daily builds of the open-source 3D app.
Friday, May 5th, 2023
Poly lets you generate 8K PBR textures from text prompts
AI-based online service can also tile or upscale existing textures, or create missing PBR texture maps.
Thursday, May 4th, 2023
F3D 2.0 is a free, lightweight ray traced 3D model viewer
Neat open-source tool displays 3D models or point clouds in common formats on Windows, Linux, macOS.
Thursday, May 4th, 2023
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8
Real-time lighting app gets neat new Scrim Light type mimicking real-world studio lighting set-ups.
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
Boris FX releases free edition of Particle Illusion 2023
Free standalone edition of the GPU accelerated particle generator gets new 3D and fluid dynamics options.
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
RenderHub: a friendly 3D community and marketplace
[Sponsored] Discover what this growing art community and online 3D marketplace has to offer you.
Monday, May 1st, 2023
Tutorial: Photogrammetry for Production Artists
Discover how to create production-quality 3D scans of props in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, April 30th, 2023
Get Antoine Bagattini's free Blender add-on BagaPie V10
Popular modifier gets new tool to package your Geometry Nodes set-ups into custom Blender add-ons.
Saturday, April 29th, 2023
LightWave Digital acquires LightWave
Updated: LightWave 2023 due for release in Q4 2023. Upgrade pricing includes 'shares in LightWave'.
Friday, April 28th, 2023
Check out Maxon's gorgeous 2023 Cinema 4D demo reel
With 70 projects in three minutes, this might be the most eye candy ever crammed into a single reel.
Friday, April 28th, 2023