Sneak peek: Houdini 20

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.

Thursday, October 19th, 2023

Eye candy: Epic Games' 2023 MetaHuman sizzle reel

See beautiful new animations created with the toolset for creating next-gen real-time 3D characters.

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023

Nevercenter releases Silo 2022.3 and Milo 2022.2

Check out the latest features in the lightweight 3D modelling software and its new real-time renderer.

Monday, October 3rd, 2022

Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max

Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.

Thursday, July 7th, 2022

Khronos launches certification for online 3D model viewers

New visual standards program is already being adopted by model sites like CGTrader and Sketchfab.

Thursday, June 10th, 2021

OctaneRender users to get World Creator for free

All part of a deal between Otoy and BiteTheBytes to link the GPU-based renderer and terrain generator.

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2020.2

Intuitive real-time visualisation tool gets new animation features, better water and vehicle paint materials.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Download 37 free 3D models from 3D Model Haven

Get free props and environment models in FBX and Blender format with PBR textures. CC0 licence.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2020

ArmorPaint wins $25,000 Epic MegaGrant

The money will fund development of the promising open-source 3D texture painting tool through 2020.

Wednesday, February 26th, 2020

Krita wins Epic MegaGrant

Digital painting tool becomes the latest open-source CG app to be backed by Epic Games, winning $25,000 to improve QA testing.

Thursday, December 19th, 2019

Epic Games releases free TwinMotion update

Real-time visualisation software gets new SketchUp live link, plus 25 new readymade grass assets.

Monday, August 19th, 2019

Eye candy: SideFX's 2019 Houdini customer reel

Check out the best new movies, ads and cinematics created using Houdini, then follow our links to the VFX breakdowns.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Update 2

Renderer gets new toon shader, debug shading, memory tracking tools, and updates to V-Ray GPU.

Wednesday, June 5th, 2019