Chaos Group on V-Ray Next and the future of rendering
V-Ray Next is a landmark update. Chaos Group reveals the thinking behind it, and the forces shaping rendering tools.
Thursday, May 31st, 2018
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Videos: See Microsoft's new DirectX Raytracing in action
Updated: neat Star Wars short shows the real-time effects possible in UE4 with this new extension to DX12.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
PipelineFX releases Qube! 6.10
Renderfarm manager's new online analytics reports let render wranglers monitor site stress and system load on a per-minute basis.
Thursday, July 6th, 2017
Microsoft buys Simplygon
Intelligent polygon reduction and LOD technology used on games like The Witcher 3 to form part of firm's '3D For Everyone' strategy.
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
Microsoft unveils new 28" Surface Studio touchscreen PC
Massive new professional graphics PC to offer above-4K-res display. We analyse its full system specs.
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Microsoft acquires Havok from Intel
Real-time physics system used on Assassin's Creed: Unity expected to help power the Xbox One Cloud.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
Brekel Pro PointCloud 2 and Body 2 apps released
Updated: Kinect-based mocap tools now support Oculus Rift. New free script for viewing the point cloud data in Unity, too.
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Eye candy: Square Enix's Witch DirectX 12 tech demo
See four Titan X GPUs push 63 million polygons around in real time to create some gorgeous visuals.
Friday, May 1st, 2015
Visual Studio partners Unity, Unreal, Cocos2d engines
Microsoft's free IDE will co-install with all three game engines, along with bonus add-ons.
Monday, April 20th, 2015
Sketchfab now lets you download 3D models
Make your own files available to all, or download free models from HTC, Microsoft and the British Museum.
Friday, October 31st, 2014
Pixar to release OpenSubdiv 2.0 at Siggraph 2013
Change of licence type makes Pixar's in-house subdivision surface modeling tech compatible with Blender.
Monday, July 15th, 2013
Our pick of Siggraph 2013's emerging technologies
New research on show ranges from weird Kinect tricks to using your bathwater as a touchscreen interface.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Microsoft announces specs for Xbox One
As Microsoft unveils its rival to the PlayStation 4 and Wii U, we round up the key info for games artists.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013