Otoy launches new free Prime usage tier for OctaneRender
New free editions of the renderer for Unreal Engine and Blender 2.80 available as early public previews.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
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Reallusion releases iClone Unreal Live Link
Plugin transfers iClone characters, lights and cameras to UE4 for real-time rendering, but it isn't cheap.
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Autodesk joins Khronos Group
FBX developer to join open standards body's 3D Formats Working Group to support development of the glTF file format.
Thursday, July 25th, 2019
Check out 'cinematography simulator' Cine Tracer
Interesting UE4-based tool lets users plan shots using CG versions of real-world lights and cameras.
Thursday, July 18th, 2019
First release candidate for Blender 2.80 now available
The almost-final version of the long-awaited major update to Blender is now free to download.
Friday, July 12th, 2019
RayFire Studios releases RayFire for Unity
New Unity edition of the popular 3ds Max destruction tool lets users destroy 3D geometry at runtime.
Monday, July 1st, 2019
Sketchfab's models of the month: June 2019
See the month's best real-time 3D models, like this Neon Genesis Evangelion-inspired scene. Download it free.
Monday, July 1st, 2019
Check out virtual production tools BeeHive and DragonFly
Updated: new Unreal Engine and Unity-compatible virtual camera system DragonFly is now shipping.
Friday, June 28th, 2019
Act-3D releases Lumion 9.5
Free update to real-time archviz software improves Collada import, adds 50+ wood and brick materials. Pro users get new plant models.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
Uppercut releases U-Render 2019.06 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' physically based renderer gets support for 360° spherical and overscan rendering.
Friday, June 21st, 2019
Get Quake II with real-time ray tracing and PBR materials
Now available to download: Nvidia updates the 1997 shooter for real-time path tracing on Turing GPUs.
Monday, June 10th, 2019
10bit FX ships Notch 0.9.22
Real-time VFX and motion graphics tools get new GPU-agnostic hybrid ray tracing system, plus native support for Substance materials.
Friday, June 7th, 2019
Alexey Vanzhula releases DM 1.5 for Houdini
Hard surface toolkit's new classic polygon modelling environment makes workflow in Houdini more like other DCC apps.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2019