Check out new browser-based 3D animation tool PixCap
Animate 3D characters in your web browser via a free keyframe editor or AI-based motion capture tools.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
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Get VR creation software Masterpiece Studio Pro for free
New non-commercial edition lets you use the suite of VR sculpting and character rigging tools for personal projects.
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
Masterpiece Studio launches Masterpiece Studio Pro
See the new features in the VR tool suite for sculpting and rigging characters, now out of beta.
Saturday, May 1st, 2021
mGear team ships mGear 3.7
Big update to the open-source Maya rigging framework adds new tools to auto-rig game characters, and for using mGear rigs in UE4.
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
Get promising free low-poly 3D modeling tool Dust3D
Neat ultra-lightweight tool creates low-poly games assets, complete with automated character rigs.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2020
Masterpiece VR launches Masterpiece Studio
New VR tool suite lets users sculpt, rig and pose 3D characters via Oculus or HTC Vive controllers
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019
New tool Masterpiece Motion lets you rig characters in VR
Intuitive new app lets users place bones and paint skin weights in VR, using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
SideFX ships Houdini 17
Videos: major Houdini update adds Vellum multphysics solver, new cloth and hair tools, material-based facturing and simulation retiming.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
Miquel Campos releases mGear 2.5 for Maya
Free Maya rigging framework gets new RBF Manager and updated Simple Rig auto-rigging system.
Thursday, May 31st, 2018
SideFX releases Houdini 16.5
Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16
Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Side Effects Software unveils Houdini roadmap
New features in Houdini 16 likely to include guided fluid sims, new muscle system, 'ground-up rewrite' of the node networks.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016