Paste models between 3D apps with this neat free tool

Paste geometry and UV maps between 3D packages with Oliver Hotz's OD_CopyPasteExternal.

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017

Silicon Studio ships Xenko 2.0

Rendering middleware firm's 'next-level C# game engine' now shipping commercially, but still free to individuals and indie studios.

Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

Get Epic Games' free model of a photorealistic human head

Download a free Unreal Engine 4 scene with a scanned model of a male head and 4K skin textures.

Sunday, April 16th, 2017

Reallusion releases Character Creator 2.0

Free(ish) tool for creating rigged 3D human characters gets support for PBR shading, image-based lighting.

Friday, March 24th, 2017

Unity Technologies unveils Unity 2017 product roadmap

Features to include new cinematics toolsets, a scriptable rendering pipeline, and a new C# job system.

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16

Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

Microsoft buys Simplygon

Intelligent polygon reduction and LOD technology used on games like The Witcher 3 to form part of firm's '3D For Everyone' strategy.

Thursday, January 19th, 2017

IKinema ships LiveAction 3.0

Real-time mocap streaming and retargeting system for UE4 gets automated bone mapping and support for custom mocap systems.

Monday, January 16th, 2017

Adobe chooses V-Ray as core renderer for Project Felix

V-Ray chosen as render engine for new visualisation tool aimed at 'graphic designers, not 3D experts'.

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

Marmoset ships free Toolbag scene importer for UE4

Export scenes from the rendering toolkit to Unreal Engine and have materials set up automatically.

Monday, January 2nd, 2017

Graphine releases Granite SDK 4.0

Games texture-streaming system gets mipmap streaming, better workflow with version control tools.

Monday, December 19th, 2016

Neoglyphic Entertainment releases NeoFur for Unity

Promising real-time fur system with self-shadowing and physics now available for Unity as well as UE4.

Thursday, December 1st, 2016

Marmoset releases Toolbag 3

Now shipping: Big update to the rendering toolkit adds animation support, real-time GI, texture baking, and Unity and UE4 export.

Friday, November 25th, 2016