RandomControl ships Maverick Studio and Indie 2021.6
GPU renderers for visualisation and portfolio work get versatile object scattering and instancing system.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
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Blender 3.0 ships
Updated: see our pick of the five key changes in this milestone release of the open-source 3D app, from Cycles X to the Pose Library.
Friday, December 3rd, 2021
Sketchfab's models of the month: November 2021
See the month's best real-time 3D models, from Arcane fan art to a downloadable kit of parts for steampunk buildings.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
Godot 3.4 ships
Open-source game engine gets better tonemapping, new UI theme editor, glTF export for editing scenes in DCC apps like Blender.
Thursday, November 11th, 2021
Sketchfab's models of the month: October 2021
See the month's best real-time 3D models, from an array of anime art to a free vintage motorbike model.
Monday, November 1st, 2021
SideFX releases Houdini 19
Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
Sketchfab's models of the month: September 2021
See the month's best 3D models, from anime characters to this amazing free scanned interior.
Friday, October 1st, 2021
Sketchfab's models of the month: August 2021
See the month's best real-time 3D models, from samurai skaters to free downloadable vehicle models.
Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
Epic Games buys Sketchfab
Unreal Engine dev acquires the leading 3D model portfolio service and library of AR-ready content. Fees cut on the Sketchfab store.
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
glTF files can now include accurate translucent materials
Real-time 3D file format gets new extensions for PBR material properties like index of refraction.
Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
Sketchfab's models of the month: June 2021
See the month's best real-time 3D models, from free characters to entire miniature animated worlds.
Friday, July 2nd, 2021
Khronos launches certification for online 3D model viewers
New visual standards program is already being adopted by model sites like CGTrader and Sketchfab.
Thursday, June 10th, 2021
Luxion ships KeyShot 10.2
Rendering and technical animation software gets new automated mesh simplification tool, and updates to the material library.
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021