Chaos releases Vantage 3.0 in beta
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.
Friday, September 5th, 2025
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.
Friday, September 5th, 2025
Experimental cloud-based tool generates PBR materials and texture maps from real-world reference photos. Find more details here.
Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Update to the open-source Maya rigging and animation framework resolves compatibility issues with popular blendshape editor Shapes.
Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Check out the changes to the 3ds Max hair plugin for games and VFX, including a new Warp Roots modifier to help groom feathers.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.
[Sponsored] Games artist Francis Lamoureux reveals how he uses Reallusion's Character Creator to convert sculpts to game characters.
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from full Vulkan support to hidden gems like the new FBX importer.
Update to the open-source Maya rigging and animation framework resolves compatibility issues with popular blendshape editor Shapes.
Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Turn any MetaHuman exported from Unreal Engine into a ready-to-animate character with the updated Metahuman for Houdini add-on.
Friday, August 29th, 2025
New app lets users carry out shared online design reviews of 3D models, either in a standard web browser, or in room-scale VR.
Sunday, August 17th, 2025
Asset library ScansMatter's modular Warehouse Environment pack is free on Fab for the next two weeks. 4K PBR textures, commercial use.
Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
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Discover how the video for the Grammy-nominated track was created with KeenTools' FaceBuilder and FaceTracker for Nuke.
Key shot from the carjacking thriller was created using 3DEqualizer, Houdini and Nuke from 360-degree footage and Lidar scans.
See breakdowns of five key movies, TV series, cinematics and animated shorts created in V-Ray from Chaos's latest showreel.
Discover how the VFX studio used procedural growth simulation to create the environment for Amazon Prime Video's supernatural thriller.