AMD unveils Viewport Boost
Interesting new driver feature raises viewport frame rate in apps like 3ds Max and Twinmotion when running on AMD's latest pro GPUs.
Saturday, June 19th, 2021
DirectX
D5 Render 1.9 ships
Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system.
Friday, May 28th, 2021
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S24
Subscriber-only update to the 3D animation software adds new asset browser and scene manager, and new physics-enabled layout tools.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
Sneak peek: Lumberyard's new Atom renderer
Amazon's free game engine to get new 'high-performance physically based renderer' with an interesting modular design.
Friday, April 9th, 2021
AutoMAT makes Marmoset Toolbag materials for you
Neat €3 plugin assembles folders of texture maps into PBR materials for 'even the messiest scenes'.
Thursday, September 10th, 2020
Autodesk ships Maya 2020.2 and Maya LT 2020.2
Latest update to the 3D software improves workflow in the Outliner, and adds new Target Weld options.
Thursday, May 28th, 2020
Pixar releases Opensubdiv 3.4
Open-source subdivision library used in many DCC tools now supports same feature set for Loop and Catmull-Clark subdivision.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
Videos: See Microsoft's new DirectX Raytracing in action
Updated: neat Star Wars short shows the real-time effects possible in UE4 with this new extension to DX12.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Andrew Hazelden releases PlayblastVR for Maya V2.0
Create fast previz renders of Maya scenes in common panoramic formats - now including Facebook 360's native format.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
Unity 4.5 ships
Mainly bugfixes this time, but there are new 2D physics tools, plus stereo support for DirectX 11 games.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Eye candy: Platige Image's Catzilla benchmark short
Updated: Test your workstation and watch a giant animated cat nuke cities with its laser eyes as you do.
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013