Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Maya
Maya edition of the renderer gets support for AMD GPU rendering, and better support for Bifrost and rendering 3D Gaussian Splats.
Friday, July 10th, 2026
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Zibra AI launches new real-time VFX technology ZibraGDS
New tech compresses geometry caches from destruction, cloth and liquid sims by 'up to 92%' for real-time rendering in Unreal Engine.
Thursday, July 9th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.4
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including updates to 3D Gaussian Splatting and the Neural Radiance Cache.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
Reallusion releases Headshot 3.1
Check out the new features in the AI-powered Character Creator plugin for generating 3D digital doubles from reference photos.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
Mixos lets you paint PBR textures in your web browser
New online tool lets you paint textures directly onto 3D models, or create new PBR materials by remixing a library of CC0 assets.
Friday, July 3rd, 2026
Inbibo releases Adonis 2.1 with AdonisML
Major update to the soft tissue simulation add-on for Maya and Houdini adds new machine learning toolset. See all the new features.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
Polygonflow releases Dash 1.12
Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool - like the option to stack objects vertically when laying out scenes.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2026
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 6.0
Check out the new features in the material authoring and 3D capture software, including OpenPBR support and new material templates.
Monday, June 29th, 2026
Boris FX releases Optics 2026.5 with AI-powered facial masking
Standalone app and plugin for adding cinematic effects to still images also now works with non-Adobe software, including Affinity.
Friday, June 26th, 2026
KeyShot releases KeyShot 2026.2
Rendering and visualization software gets Apple GPU support, a new cloud rendering service, and new subscription pricing.
Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Epic Games releases RealityScan 2.2 with AMD GPU support
Pro photogrammetry tool can now use both AMD consumer and workstation GPUs to speed up processing. Free to indie artists.
Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 12.1
Update to the 3D texture painting software for games and VFX reworks baking and UV unwrapping. Check out all of the new features.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Reallusion releases free animation tool iClone Personal
New free edition of the real-time animation software can be used indefinitely, including on commercial projects - but there are limitations.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2026