Disney develops 'Physical Face Cloning' pipeline

And if you thought digital characters lurk in the Uncanny Valley, check out these terrifyingly realistic androids.

Sunday, August 19th, 2012

Imagination unveils Caustic Visualizer for Maya

New plugin based on the PowerVR Brazil SDK provides interactive raytraced previews inside Maya.

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

OptiTrack ships high-end Prime 41 mocap camera

New high-res motion-capture camera provides 4.1 megapixel precision for under $5,000.

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

Goodmotion releases GM FoldLayers for After Effects

Free beta of new plugin lets users arrange AE layers in foldable groups, eliminating precomps

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Autodesk releases preview of augmented reality plugin

It's for Showcase, not 3ds Max or Maya, but it's still a work in progress, so anything could yet happen.

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Anzovin Studio demos new Maya breakdown tool

Upcoming tool creates breakdowns based on quaternions, not Euler angles, avoiding gimbal lock.

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Blu-ray review: The Lorax

Illumination's visuals for the latest Dr. Seuss tie-in are lovely, but the moral is not. And oh, the songs...

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Basefount Technology ships Miarmy 1.5 for Maya

Updated with neat new demo video: sub-$1,000 crowd simulator now batch renders jobs much faster.

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Sketchfab launches Pro service

New paid option raises upload cap for WebGL-based model viewing service, adds pro display options.

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012

Mootzoid's emPolygonizer4 for Softimage ships

See the particle-meshing plugin melt the Stanford bunny model into a puddle of multicoloured glop.

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012

Eye candy: V-Ray IRL

See Hollywood VFX stars swap GI for guns in this mini heist movie created for V-Ray's tenth birthday.

Monday, August 13th, 2012

Download a free hi-res scan of a male human head

Available in OBJ or ZTL format, with 4,096-pixel texture map, to mark the launch of Ten24's new online store.

Monday, August 13th, 2012

Autodesk acquires Naiad

Updated: Autodesk confirms deal to acquire fluid simulation tool, merge technology into existing products.

Monday, August 13th, 2012