Blender 2.70 ships
Next big update to the open-source 3D app adds volumetrics in Cycles, first of the long-awaited UI changes.
Friday, March 21st, 2014
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Autodesk announces its 2015 product releases
We assess the feature lists of the upcoming Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage 2015.
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max
It's out of beta! Read more about version 3.0's render speed boosts, new features, and new pricing here.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
Planetside Software unveils Terragen 3.1
New instancing features, plus the option to use satellite photos to generate instant textured terrain.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
See Unreal Engine 4 run on Nvidia's new Tegra K1
New 192-core mobile GPU beats last-gen consoles, brings high-end PC graphics to tablets, claims Nvidia.
Monday, January 6th, 2014
Marmoset releases Marmoset Toolbag 2
Updated: Real-time render toolkit for games gets complete scene editor, support for physically based shaders.
Saturday, December 7th, 2013
V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 1.5
Updated: innovative hybrid 2D/3D tool gets lots of new render features, Python and Alembic 1.5 support.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Arion 2.5 to add new Caustics and Shadows AOVs
Now shipping: update also boosts raytracing speed, maximum render size, adds link to HDR Light Studio.
Monday, September 30th, 2013
DNA Research releases 3Delight for Softimage 4.0
RenderMan-compliant renderer gets new interactive relighting workflow, speed boost of up to ten times.
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Nvidia announces Quadro K6000 GPU
'Fastest GPU ever built' offers 12GB of graphics RAM, and five times the compute power of the Quadro 6000.
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Blender 2.68 ships
Open-source 3D package gets new modelling tools, improved smoke sims, up to 30% render speed boost.
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
Review: HP EliteBook 8770w mobile workstation
For the graphics pro on the go, HP’s mid-range portable system is a solid, if unshowy, performer.
Friday, June 21st, 2013