animation

Unity acquires Ziva Dynamics

Buyout of leading character rigging and simulation tools developer strengthens Unity's portfolio of digital human and creature tech.

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

IDV ships SpeedTree 9.0

Tree-generation software for VFX and games gets freehand editing mode, new tools for integrating 3D scans, and new pricing model.

Monday, January 17th, 2022

Basefount ships Animcraft 2

Unusual app for building reusable animation libraries gets nonlinear motion editing and new facial rigging and animation toolsets.

Saturday, January 15th, 2022

Maxon acquires Pixologic

Pixologic founder Ofer Alon and entire ZBrush team have joined Maxon. See what the deal means for ZBrush and its sibling products.

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022