Shapelab 2024 lets you sculpt on desktop as well as in VR
Updated: the new desktop mode in Leopoly's promising digital sculpting app now supports stylus as well as mouse and keyboard.
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
Medium
Tutorial: Create 3D Environment Concepts with Mood and Story
Create compelling 3D concept images in Medium, 3DCoat, Blender and ZBrush with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.
Sunday, June 23rd, 2024
Tutorial: Designing Mechs in VR Using Medium
Discover how to use the free VR sculpting app for concept work with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Sunday, July 16th, 2023
Check out cool free lightweight modelling app MagicaCSG
Updated: fast, robust Boolean modeler now exports 3D assets to other DCC apps in PLY format.
Monday, June 14th, 2021
This neat new Adobe AI tech turns photos into Substances
Video: see sneak peeks at Adobe's 2021 graphics R&D projects, like AI-based automated material capture.
Friday, January 29th, 2021
Facebook becomes Corporate Patron of Blender
Social media giant is the most suprising $120,000+/year backer of the open-source 3D software so far.
Friday, November 20th, 2020
Adobe releases Medium 2.4
First Adobe release of the virtual reality sculpting tool adds features intended to help users create more complex sculpts, better FBX export.
Friday, August 28th, 2020
Adobe acquires Medium
Firm acquires VR modelling and painting app from Facebook. Some staff to move to Adobe to work on the 'next generation of 3D tools'.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019
New tool Masterpiece Motion lets you rig characters in VR
Intuitive new app lets users place bones and paint skin weights in VR, using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
Oculus ships Medium 2.0
VR modelling tool gets new Elastic mode for sculpting, support for grid and angle snapping, fewer limits on layers, undo operations and lights.
Monday, July 2nd, 2018
Facebook introduces glTF 2.0 support for 'richer 3D posts'
Posts now display 3D models interactively, with PBR materials, You can export directly from Modo.
Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Facebook's Quill VR painting tool now lets you animate, too
Quill 1.4 lets you animate layers or brush strokes frame by frame and export the result in Alembic format.
Friday, February 9th, 2018
Get Google's free Blocks VR modelling app
Free Windows app lets you create simple polygonal models in VR using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Friday, July 14th, 2017