Quixel ships Bridge 2019.2

VFX-focused update to the asset management tool for Megascans scan data adds USD support, plus new integration for Clarisse iFX.

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

Download four new free Renderpeople 3D characters

Includes an animated male figure and two rigged female figures. Multiple common 3D formats; for commercial use.

Monday, July 8th, 2019

Yeti fur plugin goes back on sale in the United States

Popular Maya plugin on sale to US studios again - and with a 15% discount until 31 July to celebrate.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

Epic Games acquires Shave and a Haircut

Version 9.6 of the veteran Maya hair plugin to be released free to UE4 users, including source code.

Thursday, June 6th, 2019

Review: BOXX APEXX T3 workstation

Jason Lewis puts this powerful 3D workstation through a battery of real-world DCC benchmark tests.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

New tool Masterpiece Motion lets you rig characters in VR

Intuitive new app lets users place bones and paint skin weights in VR, using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.

Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

Epic Games buys Twinmotion

Intuitive real-time architectural visualisation tool now free to download until 2020 - including use in commercial work.

Monday, May 13th, 2019

Cubic Motion ships Persona

Intriguing new facial mocap system makes the tech behind Epic Games' amazing GDC demos available as a commercial product.

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

New Nvidia driver brings true DXR ray tracing to older GPUs

Free driver update extends DXR support on selected Pascal and Volta GPUs, including the GeForce 1060 to 1080 Ti.

Friday, April 12th, 2019

IKinema releases Orion 2.0

Low-cost full-body mocap system based around HTC Vive hardware gets new 'system health tracker' to monitor data quality automatically.

Monday, April 8th, 2019

Foundry ships Modo 13.0

Major update to the 3D software adds new GPU render engine, animation layers, first step towards Houdini-like procedural workflows.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

Watch Rebirth, Quixel's stunning photorealistic short

The 90-second sci-fi clip was made using real-world scans of Iceland, compiled and rendered in UE4.

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

Otoy releases first preview build of OctaneRender 2019

Support for Nvidia RTX hardware-accelerated ray tracing provides 'up to 7.5x' rendering speed boost.

Tuesday, March 19th, 2019