Polycam turns your iPad Pro into a real-time LIDAR scanner
Updated - now on iPhone Pro too: neat $12 app builds up 3D scans of objects as you walk around them.
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
3D scanning
See Adobe's physics-aware layout system Physics Whiz
New R&D tech could help users of apps like Adobe Dimension lay out 3D scenes in real time with realistic gravity and collisions.
Monday, October 26th, 2020
Check out Laan Labs' free iPad 3D Scanner App
Capture textured 3D scans of objects or environments using the LIDAR sensor on the new iPad Pro.
Sunday, October 4th, 2020
Check out promising free 3D scanning app Display.land
Free iOS and Android app generates 3D scans of entire environments for use in games and AR experiences.
Monday, February 3rd, 2020
Master the art of Sculpting the Planes of the Head
Discover key anatomy principles and sculpting techniques in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Thursday, April 18th, 2019
Master Creating Assets for Games using Photogrammetry
EA DICE artist Guilherme Rambelli's new Gnomon Workshop tutorial details current industry workflows.
Thursday, August 9th, 2018
Quixel releases Quixel Mixer 1.0 in beta
Quixel's intuitive tool for blending scanned materials now out in beta. Free to Megascans subscribers.
Friday, May 18th, 2018
Gnomon ships 3D Scan and Retopology for Production
New nine-hour tutorial provides a detailed guide to generating animatable character meshes via photogrammetry.
Friday, April 27th, 2018
Videos: Epic Games' Unreal new digital human demos
Watch Epic's eye-popping real-time demos, then discover the facial capture tech that powers them.
Thursday, March 22nd, 2018
Allegorithmic unveils Project Alchemist
See the teaser for the next-gen AI and capture-based material authoring tool, due later this year.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Get four free Renderpeople rigged 3D characters
Updated: Scan-based figures work in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya - and now Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine.
Sunday, November 12th, 2017
Download Eisko's free rigged model of a human head
Updated: Get this photorealistic female head based on scan data. Now rigged and ready to animate.
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
Nurulize unveils Atom View and Nu Design
Amazing new VR toolset lets artists stream complex VFX assets into game engines via point clouds.
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017