Act-3D ships Lumion 3.0
Intuitive real-time visualisation tool gains GI and realistic reflections, plus attractive new cloud-creation system.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
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Fabric Engine demos real-time production renderer
Final-quality, VFX-focused real-time renderer due as part of next release of Creation Platform this fall.
Thursday, November 1st, 2012
Nvidia shows sneak peek of 'iray next'
Features in next major release of Max's GPU-based render engine to include dispersive caustics.
Friday, September 28th, 2012
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 4
Innovative real-time image-based lighting tool enables users to 'paint' highlights directly onto 3D models.
Monday, September 24th, 2012
Sneak peek: real-time clouds in Lumion 3.0
Next release of the visualisation tool to include cool new volumetric cloud system: watch it in action here.
Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Discover the secrets of real-time rendering in Maya
Animator Joe Daniels sets out the Viewport 2.0-based workflow he used on his Starfish Ninja short.
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
Luxion releases KeyShot 3.3 and KeyShotVR
Updated real-time raytracer gets add-on for exporting 3D models for viewing in any HTML5 browser.
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
e-on software releases LumenRT 3 Review
Easy-to-use SketchUp visualisation tool gets animated plants, advanced materials, 10x boost in speed.
Friday, August 10th, 2012
Vicon unveils VR device, Cara facial-capture system
New mobile capture technologies go on show at Siggraph, alongside Blade 2 mocap-handling software.
Monday, August 6th, 2012
IKinema unveils LiveAction virtual production system
Stream mocap data into Maya and preview the results on a virtual set, complete with real-time shadows.
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Eye candy: cool real-time raytracing in DirectX 11
See some nice real-time caustics and DoF, then download the Rigid Gems demo and try it for yourself.
Monday, July 23rd, 2012
Video Copilot releases Element 3D for After Effects
'Greatest After Effects plugin known to mankind' renders 3D models in real time, with motion blur and DoF.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Act-3D releases free student version of Lumion
Get the visualisation tool without paying a cent - and unlike the trial version, there are no watermarks.
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012