Download over 90 free 3D models from RenderCrate

Free assets include this modular kit of 3D parts for medieval castles. FBX format, 8K PBR textures, commercial use.

Sunday, February 13th, 2022

Check out real-time hair creation tool Fiber Shop 2

Interesting standalone app authors fibre- or card-based hair for use in game engines and real-time apps.

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022

Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for Unreal Update 1

Plugin for importing V-Ray scenes into Unreal Engine gets support for render relighting, skeletal meshes.

Monday, January 31st, 2022

ToolChefs ships AtomsUnreal 3.0 in beta

Unreal Engine plugin for the Atoms Crowd simulation system gets support for runtime variation and 'XPU animation'.

Friday, January 28th, 2022

Unity acquires Ziva Dynamics

Buyout of leading character rigging and simulation tools developer strengthens Unity's portfolio of digital human and creature tech.

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

Download 32 free mocap moves and 4 rigged characters

Get free rigged 3D characters and mocap moves from Reallusion's ActorCore library. FBX format, for commercial use.

Monday, January 24th, 2022

5 steps to creating convincing photorealistic 3D portraits

Discover how to model, texture and light ultra-realistic 3D characters with tips from leading CG artists.

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022

Download the release candidate of TopoGun 3

Long-awaited update to the pioneering standalone retopology tool inches closer to a final release.

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022

Basefount ships Animcraft 2

Unusual app for building reusable animation libraries gets nonlinear motion editing and new facial rigging and animation toolsets.

Saturday, January 15th, 2022

Chaos and Enscape to merge

Private equity-led deal to unite developers of three of arch viz's most popular renderers. All of both firms' products remain available.

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Maxon acquires Pixologic

Pixologic founder Ofer Alon and entire ZBrush team have joined Maxon. See what the deal means for ZBrush and its sibling products.

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Omniverse Audio2Face now generates facial blendshapes

Free AI-based tool for generating facial animation from audio can now create sets of facial shapes for export in USD format.

Wednesday, January 5th, 2022

Nvidia launches Omniverse: still free to individual artists

Real-time collaboration platform for 3D design and content creation now out of beta. Check out all of its latest features here.

Wednesday, January 5th, 2022