Download VR modelling tool Gravity Sketch for free
Powerful virtual reality design tool now free to individual artists, including OBJ, FBX, IGES export.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
iOS
BRIO's Ultra Render does path traced rendering in a browser
Cloud-based AR, VR and rendering platform gets 'world's first real-time web GPU path traced rendering'.
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
Polycam turns your iPad Pro into a real-time LIDAR scanner
Updated - now on iPhone Pro too: neat $12 app builds up 3D scans of objects as you walk around them.
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
Check out Laan Labs' free iPad 3D Scanner App
Capture textured 3D scans of objects or environments using the LIDAR sensor on the new iPad Pro.
Sunday, October 4th, 2020
Khronos Group finalises radical new OpenCL 3.0 spec
New spec aims to reboot the GPU compute API for a new generation of CG tools. SDK now available.
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
Savage Interactive ships Procreate 5X
Check out the new filters, brush effects and colour sampling features in this sizeable update to the iPad painting app.
Monday, September 21st, 2020
Adobe ships Fresco 1.9
Natural media painting and vector drawing app for iOS and Windows devices gets new brush previews, plus support for clipping masks.
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Check out Nomad: a neat new iOS and Android sculpting app
Promising new app lets artists sculpt, paint and remesh detailed models on iPads or Android tablets.
Saturday, August 8th, 2020
CamTrackAR exports camera tracks to Blender for free
FXhome's iOS camera tracking app also exports to HitFilm; the paid version exports to After Effects.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
Adobe ships Photoshop for iPad 1.6
Native version of Photoshop for iPad gets option to refine edges of selections to improve cutouts.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Otoy releases free public preview of Octane X
Long-awaited Metal-native version of OctaneRender now available to Mac users with Otoy subscriptions.
Monday, July 20th, 2020
Otoy releases first public beta of EmberGenFX
OctaneRender subscribers can use the popular GPU-based gaseous fluid simulator free during the trial.
Friday, July 17th, 2020
Epic Games releases free iOS app Live Link Face for UE4
Impressive free app streams facial animation from an iPhone to a 3D character in the game engine.
Thursday, July 9th, 2020