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
PBR
Godot team ships Godot 3.0
Big update to the open-source game engine to add new PBR renderer, new audio engine, visual scripting, and early VR support.
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
See the 10 hottest new features due in Blender in 2018
Read the Blender Foundation's pick of the top dev projects, from the Eevee PBR viewport renderer to 'Animation 2020'.
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
NewTek ships LightWave 2018
Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Otoy releases OctaneRender for Unity
Powerful GPU-based renderer now available for viewport and offline renders in Unity. Free on one GPU.
Monday, December 18th, 2017
AXYZ design ships anima 3
Crowd animation tool for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D gets new Unreal Engine plugin, multi-scene loader, physically based render engine.
Friday, November 24th, 2017
Download 11 free 3D scans from Megascans 2018
Get free scans of ground materials, rocks and vegetation from Quixel's newly revamped online library.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
Download over 400 free Cinema 4D materials
Online library C4D Center updates its set of free .c4d materials. Register on the site for hundreds more free resources.
Sunday, November 12th, 2017
Get four free Renderpeople rigged 3D characters
Updated: Scan-based figures work in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya - and now Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine.
Sunday, November 12th, 2017
Download Eisko's free rigged model of a human head
Updated: Get this photorealistic female head based on scan data. Now rigged and ready to animate.
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
IDV ships SpeedTree Cinema 8
Update to the tree-generation tool adds PBR support; new modelling, animation and export options. Price of a perpetual licence down $500.
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
Pilgway releases 3D-Coat 4.8
Now shipping: Update extends the sculpting and painting app's Smart Materials and retopo systems, adds support for RenderMan rendering.
Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2017.1
Material authoring app gets new skew correction masks when baking maps, improved HBAO.
Friday, June 30th, 2017