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
Maya
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
Thinkbox Software releases Krakatoa MY
New Maya particle renderer produces 'pixel-identical' output to its 3ds Max sibling, runs on laptops.
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
CoreCG releases MentalCore 1.5 for Maya
Mental ray rendering toolkit gets new Light Select and Diagnostic passes, better architectural light shader.
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Can raytracing really kill raster graphics?
Imagination Technologies thinks so. We explore why its new raytracing cards could change how you work.
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
MindBomb releases Gfx Hotkeys 3.0
Updated: new free Lite edition of the iOS app lists keyboard shortcuts for key 3D, VFX and graphics packages.
Monday, February 4th, 2013