Sneak peek: Houdini 22
See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, from updates to Copernicus to tools to train, relight and rig Gaussian Splats.
Monday, June 8th, 2026
Houdini
The Pixel Farm adds new point cloud toolset to PFTrack 26.05
Major update to the tracking app generates dense point clouds from a tracked shot for export in USD files, or to train Gaussian Splats.
Saturday, May 30th, 2026
Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 26.3 for Houdini
Check out the new features in this varied update to the popular toolkit for hard surface and organic modeling in Houdini.
Saturday, May 30th, 2026
MeshCache Studio is a fast, flexible viewer for 3D mesh caches
Updated for the stable release: visualize, review and convert animation and simulation caches with Jasper Brekelmans' new tool.
Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
Maxon adds hex tiling for textures to Redshift 2026.6
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including the new hex tiling system to minimize visible repeats in textures.
Thursday, May 7th, 2026
Autodesk launches free online kitbashing tool Project Falcon
Browser-based tool lets you create models from readymade 3D parts and export them in USD format to apps like Blender and Maya.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
KeenTools releases GeoTracker for Houdini in free open beta
Intuitive object and camera tracking tool for VFX and motion graphics is now available as a Houdini SOP, as well as a Blender and Nuke add-on.
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
World Creator 2026.4 is out with a new free Community Edition
Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, and its new free introductory edition.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Houdini GPU liquid solver Paradigm 1.0 is now available
Check out the promising new GPU-accelerated sparse liquid solver from Theory Accelerated, creator of the popular Axiom fluid solver.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.5
Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including support for Windows on ARM and hardware ray tracing on AMD GPUs.
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
Academy Software Foundation adopts OpenPGL
Path guiding library used in Blender, V-Ray and Disney's Hyperion renderer becomes open standards body's latest Sandbox project.
Monday, April 13th, 2026
Download 480+ free kitbash assets and materials with Cargo 3.0
Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.
Sunday, April 12th, 2026
Houdini plant-generation toolkit Natsura is now in early access
Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX. Now available for commercial use.
Friday, April 10th, 2026