Showcase 3D models online via the Sketchfab website

Updated again: 'Vimeo of 3D' online model viewer now comes with a new exporter for Maya.

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 3

Updated - now shipping: games texturing tool gets new bitmap paint system and batching capabilities.

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Autodesk releases preview of augmented reality plugin

It's for Showcase, not 3ds Max or Maya, but it's still a work in progress, so anything could yet happen.

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

We can do previs from an airplane over the Arctic!

Gradient Effects' Sandbox tech lets users work on movie-res assets via an iPad, anywhere in the world.

Friday, August 10th, 2012

Complaints force Autodesk to alter 3ds Max subs offer

Regular subscribers to get Particle Flow Tools Box2 add-on following user claims of 'two-tier' subs policy.

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

The Foundry ships Mari 1.5

3D paint package gets real-time shadows, support for overlapping UVs, Photoshop .abr brush import.

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Golaem ships Golaem Crowd 2.0

Maya crowd-simulation software gets new graphical AI-authoring system; speed boosted 15 times.

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Shotgun Software unveils Tank asset manager

Upcoming future-proofed visual effects asset-management system to be shown off at Siggraph 2012.

Monday, August 6th, 2012

IKinema unveils LiveAction virtual production system

Stream mocap data into Maya and preview the results on a virtual set, complete with real-time shadows.

Saturday, August 4th, 2012

Fabric Engine launches Creation Platform

See cool tools built with the high-performance app development framework running inside Maya.

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

Chaos Group unveils V-Ray for Nuke and Katana

Details to follow at Siggraph, along with news of Alembic and deep image support in V-Ray for 3ds Max.

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R4

Major free update adds retopology tools, new Insert Multi Mesh system, (almost) unlimited undos. Very cool.

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Eric 'Mootzoid' Mootz releases emReader for modo

Import RealFlow, Softimage or Maya animations for rendering with the cult Softimage coder's first modo plugin.

Thursday, July 19th, 2012