Cloud services firm Otoy buys Refractive Software

Deal will not change roadmap or licence terms for offline version of Octane Render, says developer.

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Sneak peek: 3ds Max's updated Nitrous viewport

See the Grab Viewport command outperforming a software render when creating a preview animation.

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Luxology talks modo 601 and life beyond DCC

Explosions and robots are sexy, but the bigger prize is CAD to ad, says company co-founder Brad Peebler.

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new MassFX physics system

New video shows real-time simulation of rigid bodies and mCloth - but is it GPU-accelerated?

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Exocortex Technologies ships Alembic plugin suite

Make better use of the open-source data-interchange format in 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, Arnold and more.

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new 'Send To' workflow

Updated: now with an actual video showing data transfer between Max and Maya as well as MotionBuilder.

Monday, March 5th, 2012

The making of Origami Digital's VFX for Bunraku

The LA studio discusses its inventive visuals for the Eastern-inspired Josh Hartnett crime thriller.

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Chaos Group ships update to V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max

Free update adds native support for Ornatrix hair, improved fur rendering, expanded GPU-based workflow.

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Want a real-life holographic display? That'll be $6,000

Start-up firm Infinite Z releases its zSpace 3D display system in beta. Maya support comes as standard.

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Review: Professional GPUs - Nvidia vs AMD 2011

Jason Lewis puts Nvidia and AMD's latest professional graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

3ds Max to get Bullet physics plug-in

Mir Vadim posts work-in-progress videos of Bullet support in his RayFire dynamics add-on.

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2

Game-focused texturing app gains vector paint, CrazyBump-style toolkit, OS X support and $350 Lite edition.

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Siggraph 2011: watch the five-minute rundown

All the highlights from the world's premier CG show, condensed into a handy coffee-break-sized info burst

Friday, August 12th, 2011