Basefount announces Miarmy Commander
Maya crowd simulator gets new extension for traffic and fight scenes; plus Mac OS X and Arnold support.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
crowd simulation
Basefount Technology ships Miarmy 1.5 for Maya
Updated with neat new demo video: sub-$1,000 crowd simulator now batch renders jobs much faster.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Massive Software unveils Massive 5.0
Crowd simulator gets speed boost, 3ds Max plugin. Read the full story on the Immersed in Movies blog.
Monday, August 13th, 2012
Golaem ships Golaem Crowd 2.0
Maya crowd-simulation software gets new graphical AI-authoring system; speed boosted 15 times.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Autodesk Labs rolls out Project Geppetto 2
Update to the work-in-progress 3ds Max crowd simulation system adds realistic characters, motion synthesis.
Friday, July 13th, 2012
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 1.5
Crowd simulator now shows your actors directly within the Maya render window, rather than baking geometry.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Video: master Softimage's new CrowdFX system
Master the basics of Softimage 2013's new crowd-simulation system with this one-hour webinar.
Friday, April 27th, 2012
Softimage 2013 to get new CrowdFX crowd tools
Upcoming update to add ICE-based crowd simulation system and new high-quality viewport display.
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Golaem ships Golaem Crowd 1.4
Artist-friendly Maya crowd simulator gains support for mental ray rendering, new instancing tools.
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Basefount Technology ships Miarmy 1.2 for Maya
Latest update to crowd-simulation system adds support for Linux and the render engine of your choice.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Domingos Silva releases Massive importer for Max
Updated: Get animated crowds of up to 50 into 3ds Max for rendering. Version 1.5 now available in beta.
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 1.3 for Maya
New crowd simulation system gets IK and Look At behaviours. Price now fixed at $4,999.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Autodesk releases Project Geppetto crowd simulator
Download the free work-in-progress 3ds Max arch viz crowd system from the Autodesk Labs website.
Monday, October 10th, 2011