Chaos releases Vantage 2.0
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer aims to make the software 'as powerful for VFX as it is for architectural visualization'.
Thursday, June 29th, 2023
DirectX Raytracing
Group test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs
Discover which Nvidia GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.
Monday, June 26th, 2023
Chaos releases Chaos Vantage 1.8
Check out the new features in the real-time tool for exploring V-Ray scenes, like the new cloud system.
Monday, July 18th, 2022
ArmorPaint 0.8 ships
Huge update to the open-source 3D texture painting app adds real-time path tracing, edge wear materials, decals, and live links to Blender and Maya.
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs - 2021
See how Nvidia and AMD's current pro GPUs perform in real-world tests, from modeling to rendering.
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Check out Nvidia's RTXDI and RTXGI GPU ray tracing demos
Download the free Attic demo to try RTX global illumination, and see a video of direct lighting tech RTXDI.
Friday, April 16th, 2021
AMD unveils Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs
New 'Big Navi' cards go up against Nvidia's GeForce RTX GPUs - and feature dedicated ray tracing cores.
Thursday, October 29th, 2020
Chaos Group releases Project Lavina Beta 0.4
New tool for real-time ray traced previews of V-Ray scenes gets new animation editor, physical camera.
Thursday, July 9th, 2020
Vulkan now does ray tracing
The Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions are now available as stable builds, along with an updated SDK and AMD and Nvidia GPU drivers.
Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Check out open-source 3D painting tool ArmorPaint
Version 0.7 of the Substance Painter-like texture painting tool adds live links to UE4 and Unity.
Monday, January 13th, 2020
Real-time ray tracing, Havok physics due in Unity this year
Updated: Havok Physics now out as a preview package. DXR ray tracing also available in preview.
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
Adobe ships Dimension 3.0
Designer-focused 3D tool gets support for multiple directional lights, improved render preview, early support for GPU rendering.
Monday, November 4th, 2019
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.23
Game engine gets eagerly anticipated Chaos destruction physics toolset, new virtual production tools.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2019