Autodesk Labs launches Project Khan
Free cloud-based system based on Donya Labs' Simplygon technology automates creation of LOD assets for games.
Thursday, November 14th, 2013
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IDV releases SpeedTree 7 Studio and Cinema
Plant-generation tool gets support for Sub-Ds, Alembic, animated growth and seasonal changes.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Review: LightWave 11.0 to 11.6
Andy Bishop looks back over NewTek's11.x series of releases, and assesses what comes next.
Monday, November 11th, 2013
Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs 2013
Jason Lewis puts 11 of the leading current workstation graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
NewTek ships LightWave 11.6, NevronMotion, ChronoSculpt
LightWave updates and new tool for sculpting animation caches now shipping. See new videos of all three.
Friday, November 1st, 2013
QuadSpinner releases Helios SkyBuilder for Vue
Dax Pandhi's ambitious Vue add-on enables users to create ultra-detailed skies for visual effects work.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Cl3ver rolls out Cl3ver 1.1
Online tool for creating interactive 3D content gets new script and material editors, support for larger scenes.
Friday, October 4th, 2013
Faceware Technologies ships Analyzer 2.0, Retargeter 4.0
New Lite editions of the markerless facial mocap tools cut the price of a complete system to $1,190 per seat.
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
Autodesk announces 2014 Extension releases
Updated: Max, Maya and Mudbox extensions now available: nothing for Softimage or MotionBuilder this time.
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
Autodesk posts Leap Motion plugin for MotionBuilder
Free R&D plugin lets users of the Kinect-like device puppeteer characters live inside MotionBuilder.
Thursday, September 26th, 2013
ftrack releases ftrack 2.0
Low-cost production-tracking system gets extensive overhaul, better compatibility with Nuke and Hiero.
Thursday, September 26th, 2013
DNA Research releases 3Delight for Softimage 4.0
RenderMan-compliant renderer gets new interactive relighting workflow, speed boost of up to ten times.
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013