Houdini plant-generation toolkit Natsura is now in early access
Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX. Now available for commercial use.
Friday, April 10th, 2026
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SideFX just released Houdini 21: check out its five key features
Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Sneak peek: Houdini 21
Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.
Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
SideFX releases Houdini 20.5: check out its five key features
Discover the key changes in the procedural 3D software: from the revolutionary Copernicus framework to rigging, animation and simulation.
Thursday, July 11th, 2024
Sneak peek: Houdini 20.5
See all the key features in the next major update to Houdini, from modeling, animation and simulation to the COPERNICUS framework.
Friday, June 14th, 2024
Discover the key features of Houdini 20
Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
Golaem ships Golaem 8.0
Major update to the Maya crowd simulation software lets users interact with Golaem simulations inside Unreal Engine in real time.
Thursday, November 4th, 2021
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.16
Big update to game engine adds volumetric fog; plus new physics, animation and VR editing features.
Friday, May 26th, 2017
Eye candy: Nvidia's Hawken PhysX trailer
See the new APEX Turbulence system in use to create swirly effects for the free-to-play mech shooter.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Nvidia shows videos of new real-time fracture engine
GPU-based dynamic fracturing system will form part of APEX physics framework, says developer.
Monday, March 12th, 2012