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Free assets include this modular kit of 3D parts for medieval castles. FBX format, 8K PBR textures, commercial use.

Sunday, February 13th, 2022

Try promising open-source add-ons for camera tracking and markerless facial, finger and body mocap.

Wednesday, February 9th, 2022

Interesting standalone app authors fibre- or card-based hair for use in game engines and real-time apps.

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022

See news of Autodesk's latest acquisition, Blender's latest backer, and a free glossary of virtual production terms.

Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

Plugin for importing V-Ray scenes into Unreal Engine gets support for render relighting, skeletal meshes.

Monday, January 31st, 2022

Neat add-on generates attractively stylised trees that can be exported to DCC apps or game engines.

Sunday, January 30th, 2022

Unreal Engine plugin for the Atoms Crowd simulation system gets support for runtime variation and 'XPU animation'.

Friday, January 28th, 2022

Material authoring tool gets new Physical Size system for scanned materials, new Cloth Weave filter.

Wednesday, January 26th, 2022

Updated: New visual programming system for Maya and Unreal Engine now free for non-commercial use.

Wednesday, January 26th, 2022

Buyout of leading character rigging and simulation tools developer strengthens Unity's portfolio of digital human and creature tech.

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

Get free rigged 3D characters and mocap moves from Reallusion's ActorCore library. FBX format, for commercial use.

Monday, January 24th, 2022

Games artist Nathaniel Albright's neat free tool combines multiple materials into a single texture map.

Thursday, January 20th, 2022

Discover how to model, texture and light ultra-realistic 3D characters with tips from leading CG artists.

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022