Godot team ships Godot 3.0
Big update to the open-source game engine to add new PBR renderer, new audio engine, visual scripting, and early VR support.
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
Augmented Reality
J Cube releases Multiverse Studio V5
Heavyweight VFX scene assembly tool gets support for Alembic and USD sequences, AR content in USDZ format.
Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
Otoy releases OctaneRender for Unity
Powerful GPU-based renderer now available for viewport and offline renders in Unity. Free on one GPU.
Monday, December 18th, 2017
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.18
Game engine gets support for Google's ARCore AR system, better lightmapping and media playback.
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
New beta of Unity 2017.2 adds support for Google's ARCore
Support for the augmented reality tech for Android phones also due in Unreal Engine 4.18 next month.
Friday, September 1st, 2017
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
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