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See the new graphics features due in Unity 2018.1 to 2018.3, from new materials and animation options to the GPU lightmapper.

Friday, March 23rd, 2018

Now shipping: Watch videos of the new features, including support for Open Shading Language and the Advanced Wood procedural map.

Thursday, March 22nd, 2018

We chat to the former Framestore pipeline developer about his promising new Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool.

Wednesday, January 17th, 2018

Heavyweight VFX scene assembly tool gets support for Alembic and USD sequences, AR content in USDZ format.

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

Maya crowd simulation tool gets new 'brain share' feature for AI agents, improved Direct Logic engine and instancing system.

Friday, December 1st, 2017

Standalone render denoising tool gets streamlined full-screen GUI. CUDA version dropped in favour of 'faster, more reliable' OpenCL.

Friday, November 3rd, 2017

Now shipping: Update extends the sculpting and painting app's Smart Materials and retopo systems, adds support for RenderMan rendering.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017

Popular hair-creation plugin gets new tools for generating realistic mesh hair, new dynamics options.

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017

Powerful 3D city-generation software used on Independence Day 2 gets new measurement and building customisation toolsets.

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

See the best new work rendered in RenderMan: from blockbusters like Ghost in the Shell to indie shorts.

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Renderer gets innovative new physically based model for subsurface scattering, better hair rendering and render denoising.

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

Big update to layout and look dev tool adds object scattering, support for Light Path Expressions and Cryptomatte, new PBR material.

Monday, July 31st, 2017

Maya crowd animation tool gets new options for creating custom AI, support for traffic simulation, plus new dynamic emission system.

Thursday, June 29th, 2017