Free 3D scanning app Kiri Engine now supports Lidar
Users with LIdar-equipped iOS devices can also now process photogrammetry scans locally, without uploading data to the cloud.
Friday, September 15th, 2023
PBR
Download free Blender add-on Bystedt's Blender Baker
Updated: Neat add-on streamlines baking PBR textures inside Blender. Now supports thickness maps.
Sunday, September 10th, 2023
ArmorPaint 0.9 ships
Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.
Friday, September 8th, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.2
Material authoring and 3D capture tool gets new AI-trained texture-generation and upscaling toolsets
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5
Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Get Poliigon's 100+ free 3D models, textures and HDRIs
Download 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya and SketchUp models, plus PBR texture sets and 18K HDRIs.
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
Try three new generative AI add-ons for Unity
Free add-ons Polyhive, Leonardo.ai and Layer AI generate PBR textures and sprites inside the Unity Editor.
Friday, July 14th, 2023
Reallusion ships Headshot 2.0
AI-assisted head-generation plugin for Character Creator can now turn 3D meshes - including partial facial scans - into full CC4 characters.
Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
Download 600+ free Unreal building and furniture models
Check out the games and arch viz assets available free on Unreal Engine marketplace this month.
Sunday, June 11th, 2023
F3D 2.0 is a free, lightweight ray traced 3D model viewer
Neat open-source tool displays 3D models or point clouds in common formats on Windows, Linux, macOS.
Thursday, May 4th, 2023
MaterialX 1.38.7 adds graph editor, native Metal support
Check out the changes to the open standard for materials and look dev data, widely used in VFX software.
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2023.1
Now shipping: visualisation tool gets streamlined new UI, updated path tracer, multi-GPU rendering.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Light Engine releases Light Tracer Render 2.6
Check out the new features in the physically based GPU renderer. You can use it for free in a web browser.
Friday, March 17th, 2023