The Pixel Farm adds new point cloud toolset to PFTrack 26.05
Major update to the tracking app generates dense point clouds from a tracked shot for export in USD files, or to train Gaussian Splats.
Saturday, May 30th, 2026
scene reconstruction
OpenUSD 26.03 adds support for 3D Gaussian Splats
3DGS data can now be converted from PLY format, stored natively in USD files, and rendered using the new hdParticleField renderer.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 26.02
Check out the latest changes to the match-moving software for pro VFX, including a new Maya export script. Now free to trial for 14 days.
Monday, February 16th, 2026
3D Gaussian Splats are being added to the glTF standard
Updated: new release candidate for the core glTF Gaussian Splatting Extension paves the way towards support for 3DGS data in glTF files.
Thursday, February 5th, 2026
The Pixel Farm releases 2025 updates to PFTrack
Check out the latest changes to the matchmoving sofware, including improvements to lens distortion. Perpetual licenses available again.
Monday, December 29th, 2025
The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 24.12.19
Update to the match-moving software 'completely overhauls' the scene-reconstruction toolset. Check out its new AI-powered features.
Monday, December 30th, 2024
Free NeRF toolset Nerfstudio now supports 360° video
Reconstruct 3D scenes matching 360-degree video and export to DCC apps as PLY or OBJ files.
Monday, March 13th, 2023
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R19
Now shipping. See videos of the new LoD system, motion graphics tools and media core; and the Radeon ProRender render engine.
Friday, September 1st, 2017
Tech video: Adobe's #3DPhotoMagic demo
Experimental tool lets users drag 3D models into photos and matches alignment and lighting automatically.
Monday, October 20th, 2014
The Pixel Farm ships PFDepth
Innovative off-the-shelf tool for scene reconstruction and stereo conversion of 2D footage now available to buy.
Thursday, September 6th, 2012