Xsens releases mocap streaming plugin for Unity
Preview data from its inertial mocap systems directly on a character, rather than importing FBX files.
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Maya
OpenEXR 2.0 released
Update to the open-source HDR file format should finally make deep compositing available in most tools.
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Allegorithmic ships Substance Designer 3.5
Free update to the texturing tool adds live link to Photoshop, new graph profiler, better 3D preview.
Friday, March 29th, 2013
Autodesk announces new features of Maya 2014
Watch videos of the new modelling, scene assembly and Paint Effects options and the DirectX 11 viewport.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Otoy announces Octane Render Cloud Edition
Developer aims to allow "every single 3D app" to process render jobs in the cloud on up to 128 GPUs.
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
Otoy ships OctaneRender for LightWave
Updated: LW version of the GPU-based renderer enters open beta. Check out some nice new videos.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Sneak peek: Maya's new retopology tools
Watch the new resurfacing workflow, including a new Quad Draw tool like that in digitalRaster's NEX plugin.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Holomatix releases SprayTrace 1.5
Real-time mental ray viewer for Maya gets new render snapshot system, material and lighting overrides.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Autodesk Labs unveils Project Pinocchio
Work-in-progress system creates fully rigged 3D characters in your browser for export in FBX format.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Basefount ships Miarmy 2.0
Sub-$1,000 Maya crowd-simulation system gets better animation blending; now up to 10 times faster.
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Sneak peek: Maya's new grease pencil tool
Tech preview shows the work-in-progress tool in use to rough out animation directly over the viewport.
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Faceware announces Retargeter 4.0
New version of the facial motion-capture retargeting system to debut at GDC 2013 next month.
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
IKinema ships Action 2.5
Real-time mocap solver for Maya now supports OptiTrack hardware; new, more advanced constraints.
Monday, February 25th, 2013