DreamWorks open sources the OpenVDB file format
Updated: Volumetric format used on Puss in Boots due for integration into "next major release" of Houdini.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Alembic
Fabric Engine launches Creation Platform
See cool tools built with the high-performance app development framework running inside Maya.
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Chaos Group unveils V-Ray for Nuke and Katana
Details to follow at Siggraph, along with news of Alembic and deep image support in V-Ray for 3ds Max.
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Next Limit announces RealFlow 2013
Latest update to fluid simulator adds powerful new Hybrido 2 fluid solver and new node-based scene graph.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
mental ray 3.10 adds Ptex support, 'major' iray update
Autodesk posts full feature list for renderer: no word yet on which will be exposed in Max, Maya, Softimage.
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
Exocortex Technologies ships Alembic plugin suite
Make better use of the open-source data-interchange format in 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, Arnold and more.
Monday, March 5th, 2012
Fabric Engine brings Bullet physics to web browsers
Ex-Softimage staff release public beta of revolutionary new online application development system.
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: peek under the hood of the new Houdini
Check out Side Effects' videos of the turbo-charged new geometry engine and simulation tools in Houdini 12.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Maya to get native Bullet physics
New Advantage Pack also adds support for the Alembic data interchange format, new Node Editor.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
fmx 2011: Wednesday news
Our latest show report rises from the murk of industry politics to discover why the future is bright for open-source production tools.
Thursday, May 5th, 2011