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Check out the new features in the game engine, from major updates to Lumen and and the animation tools to the new Mocap Manager.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

Check out the new features in the 3D capture software, including path tracing in the 3D View and support for HP's Z Captis scanner.

Friday, February 21st, 2025

Sizeable update to the real-time visualization app adds volumetric clouds, Virtual Shadow Maps and automatic LOD generation.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2025

Next major update to the real-time smoke and fire simulator to feature sparse sims, simulation retiming, USD support and a macOS edition.

Monday, January 27th, 2025

Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.

Thursday, November 14th, 2024

Real-time visualization software gets new wind animation controls for plants and fabric. Check out the other new features here.

Tuesday, October 1st, 2024

Machina Fractals: Essence, Machina Fractals: Mecha and new plugin Machina Fractals: Ultima create amazing real-time 3D forms.

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

Check out the latest features in the real-time visualization app, from the new Render Layers system to new scattering and animation tools.

Tuesday, June 4th, 2024

Read our pick of the new features in the latest version of Unity, from improvements to rendering to new generative AI animation tools.

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

Read our pick of the new features in UE5, from Motion Graphics Mode and modular character rigging to virtual production and VFX.

Monday, April 29th, 2024

Real-time visualization software gets Lumen real-time GI system, plus support for animated meshes and Substance materials. Price up $250.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

Read our run-down of the latest features in UE5, from procedural content and Substrate materials to Chaos Flesh.

Friday, May 12th, 2023