Brekel releases OpenVR Recorder

Interesting new mocap tool records tracking data direct from your HTC Vive or Oculus Rift in FBX format.

Monday, August 7th, 2017

Watch VFX breakdowns of the 2017 VES Award winners

Discover how this year's best VFX projects were created, from The Jungle Book to Game of Thrones.

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016

We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Jasper Brekelmans unveils Brekel Multi Sensor

New tool will let users of his Brekel Pro software record mocap and point cloud data using multiple Kinect sensors.

Friday, August 28th, 2015

Brekel Pro PointCloud 2 and Body 2 apps released

Updated: Kinect-based mocap tools now support Oculus Rift. New free script for viewing the point cloud data in Unity, too.

Friday, July 17th, 2015

Quantum Human cleans and rigs characters in one click

Cool work-in-progress Maya plugin promises complete automatic character setup, including muscles and facial coding.

Tuesday, January 13th, 2015

Faceshift 2014 ships

Kinect-based facial scanning and markerless mocap tool gets quicker setup, improved tracking quality.

Friday, June 20th, 2014

Jasper Brekelmans unveils Brekel Pro Hands

Motion-capture hand and finger movements in real-time with an $80 Leap Motion sensor.

Friday, May 16th, 2014

How to recreate Gollum with four consumer camcorders

Watch Fabrice Visserot's amazing homebrew mocap set-up recreate a key scene from The Two Towers.

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

NewTek announces ChronoSculpt

New tool for sculpting animation caches lets users refine work or "paint out" simulation errors by hand.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

Jasper Brekelmans unveils new Brekel Kinect tools

Updated: low-cost motion-capture tools Brekel Kinect Body and Brekel Kinect Point Cloud now shipping.

Monday, January 7th, 2013

VFX breakdown: the making of Stratego

Brain Zoo Studios dissects its pipeline for its award-winning trailer for the classic military board game.

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Autodesk Santa Monica Live Event - Thursday May 6th

If you're in LA, check out the live event this Thursday on Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage, Mudbox 2011 and more...

Monday, May 3rd, 2010