Download 18 free HDRIs from BoCo Studio

Download a set of ultra-hi-res panoramic HDRI exteriors, all licensed for commercial use.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

Fabric Engine 2.0 to add visual programming system

Updated: Create high-end VFX tools by wiring nodes together, Softimage ICE-style. See a demo video here.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

BUF to release complete in-house set of VFX tools

Bcreative and Bpipeline product suites cover the studio's full range of tools, from 3D and compositing to asset management.

Monday, March 9th, 2015

The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 2015

Camera-tracking tool gets new photogrammetry capabilities, Alembic support, GPU acceleration.

Friday, March 6th, 2015

Eye candy: Nurulize's amazing Rise UE4 VR demo

Check out this gorgeous sci-fi scene, running in real time in 4K on Unreal Engine 4 and an Oculus Rift.

Thursday, March 5th, 2015

Video: see Vulkan, OpenGL's replacement, in action

Watch an early alpha demo of the next-gen graphics API running on a PowerVR Rogue mobile GPU.

Thursday, March 5th, 2015

Nvidia releases PhysX source code on GitHub

Get the full C++ source of the top game physics system, including the clothing and destruction libraries.

Thursday, March 5th, 2015

Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 5

Now shipping. Texturing app gets new procedural tools, better baking. Income cap relaxed on Indie licence.

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015

Video: Geomerics' new Enlighten 3 lighting system

See the tech behind Unity 5's new real-time global illumination in action in this neat new demo video.

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015

Our new Source 2 engine will be free, says Valve

Successor to the engine used on Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 will be 'free to content developers'.

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015

Eye candy: the Unity GDC 2015 Highlight Reel

Take a three-minute tour through some of the gorgeous titles being created with the Unity game engine.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015

Unity launches new free Unity 5 Personal Edition

Artists earning under $100,000/year now get all the features of Unity 5. Pro users get extra cloud tools.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015

Unity Technologies releases Unity 5

Now shipping: leading game engine gets real-time GI, physically based shading, new audio-editing tools.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015