Watch the best CG shorts from Siggraph 2017
Watch highlights of 15 of the year's best animated and VFX shorts, with accompanying tech breakdowns.
Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
Augmented Reality
Blend4Web 17.06 adds augmented reality support
Tool for converting Blender scenes into interactive web apps now creates AR as well as VR content.
Friday, July 7th, 2017
Khronos Group adds PBR materials to glTF 2.0
Open format for exchanging 3D assets between game engines or web apps now supports physically based rendering.
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
Wireshape needs beta testers
New online marketplace for scanned 3D assets is offering $50 in model credits of anyone accepted for its beta program.
Monday, June 12th, 2017
Chaos Group releases V-Ray software development kit
VRay AppSDK is intended to accelerate penetration of V-Ray into new markets: from augmented reality to bath design.
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.5
Sizeable update adds long-awaited tools for customising the Personal edition splash screen, HDRI-based Look Dev system.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
See MotionBuilder mocap data streamed to a HoloLens
Video: Jasper Brekelmans' amazing tech demo displays mocap data on a live 3D avatar in augmented reality.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
Our pick of Siggraph Asia's Emerging Technologies
Videos: See the coolest tech at next week's show: from brush-based styluses to a system for wearing someone else's face.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015
The Foundry reveals the five key problems of VR
See video of its virtual reality tech here - including a new raytracing renderer written inside Nuke.
Monday, April 20th, 2015
Download organic art software Substance for free
Get Stephane Marty's intuitive 3D fractal and organic art tool and the Emulsion physically based renderer.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
Mad science: sculpt Unity models in augmented reality
GameDraw developer Mixed Dimensions announces support for meta's AR glasses. See a video here.
Monday, June 17th, 2013
Augment turns Max models into augmented realities
Free AR app for Android and iOS gets 3ds Max exporter, plus support for custom tracking markers.
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Doctor Who fan builds augmented reality Tardis
It really is bigger inside than it is outside, thanks to some nifty work in Blender, Unity and the Vuforia SDK.
Friday, December 28th, 2012