Leap Motion controller to track individual joint motion
Free update to $80 gesture controller will deliver more precise mocap data to indie hand-tracking systems.
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
new features
Eye candy: Miarmy's cool VFX crowds reel
See some amazing shots created in the Maya crowd-simulation system from studios all over the world.
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
Thinkbox Software releases Stoke MX 2.0 for 3ds Max
Increasingly versatile simulation tool now incorporates firm's $595 Genome geometry modifier.
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Esri ships CityEngine 2014.0
Powerful procedural city-generation tool gets new plugins integrating it with Maya and Unity.
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
RandomControl ships Arion for 3ds Max 2.70
Big update to unbiased renderer boosts speed, ups maximum render size, adds new relighting workflow.
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Luxion ships KeyShot 5
Intuitive renderer with growing following among concept artists adds instancing, Sun & Sky system.
Friday, May 30th, 2014
Pixar to make RenderMan free for non-commercial use
Unrestricted free version due this summer. Price of commercial version cut to just $495, effective now.
Friday, May 30th, 2014
Unity 4.5 ships
Mainly bugfixes this time, but there are new 2D physics tools, plus stereo support for DirectX 11 games.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 1.7 for Softimage
Free update adds support for image sequences and more ICE features, like vertex colours and weight maps.
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
e-on ships Vue xStream 2014.5 and Infinite 2014.5
Free update to pro editions of natural environment software adds new options for lighting interior scenes.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Substance tools to get Final Fantasy XV render tech
Updated: Silicon Studio's Yebis 2 middleware shipping in Substance Designer 4.3. See a cool demo video.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
e-on software ships The Plant Factory 2014.5
Free update extends import/export options for vegetation-creation tool, and relaxes its contentious EULA.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
Sneak peak: viscous fluids in RealFlow 2014
Updated: watch Next Limit's complete FMX presentation, showing all the new features of RF 2014.
Thursday, May 15th, 2014