Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 2.0

LightWave fluid simulatior gets new granular and viscous jet solvers, plus support for GPU acceleration.

Monday, March 5th, 2018

Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16

Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

Videos: the best of Siggraph 2016’s technical papers

Watch our pick of the show's hottest research - from new ways to 3D print Moomins to Schrödinger's Smoke.

Monday, May 30th, 2016

AlphaVFX teases BulletFX 4, ships Volumetric Cutting

3ds Max multiphysics plugin to get new solvers for organic tissue, also available in a new extension to the Bullet physics library.

Thursday, May 26th, 2016

AlphaVFX ships BulletFX 3.0 for 3ds Max

Updated: New extension release gives the multiphysics plugin support for variable viscosity fluids and a new foam solver.

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Side Effects Software ships Houdini 13

Update adds cool new soft and hard body, particle and fluid simulation tools; more robust lighting workflow.

Thursday, October 31st, 2013

Side Effects Software ships Houdini 12.5

Major update adds better ocean-surface sims and cloud sculpting via DreamWorks' OpenVDB technology.

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Side Effects Software releases Houdini 12

Update adds new geometry engine, new OpenGL 3 viewport, improved sims - and lots of lovely speed.

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

New version of emFlock available for Softimage 2011

Smart flocking solver adds support for multithreading, new compounds for speed control and morphing.

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Houdini 11 Released

New fracturing, rigid body solver, shader building workflow and more.

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010