Nvidia releases Omniverse Create 2022.1
Big update to the Omniverse scene layout app adds soft-body physics, new character animation toolset.
Saturday, March 26th, 2022
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Check out the Blender 3.x product roadmap
See the key changes planned for the open-source 3D software from Blender 3.0 to Blender 3.7 in 2023.
Thursday, October 28th, 2021
SideFX releases Houdini 19
Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
Pixologic ships ZBrush 2021
Big update to the digital sculpting tool adds complete cloth creation and soft body dynamics toolset. Check out all the features here.
Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
Tyson Ibele releases tyFlow for 3ds Max in free open beta
Hotly tipped replacement for 3ds Max's Particle Flow toolset provides fast, multithreaded multiphysics.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Godot team ships Godot 3.1
Open-source game engine gets new Boolean modelling system, soft body dynamics, plus revamped 2D and 3D animation toolsets.
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
AlphaVFX teases BulletFX 4, ships Volumetric Cutting
3ds Max multiphysics plugin to get new solvers for organic tissue, also available in a new extension to the Bullet physics library.
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Syflex ships Syflex for Modo
Production-proven cloth simulation plugin comes to Modo. Capable of creating fabric, hair - and even snow.
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.2
Subscription Drop 2 for the 3ds Max physics plugin adds new smoke solver, direct particle rendering.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
AlphaVFX releases BulletFX for 3ds Max
New plugin offers 'highly optimised' GPU-accelerated version of the popular Bullet physics library in Max.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
Download Nvidia's bizarre new PhysX FleX demo
Fire bananas at flags, pour goop on armadillos and melt bunnies in this real-time multiphysics test scene.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
Sneak peek: Houdini 14
Demo video shows crowds, OpenVDB-based grooming, and position-based dynamics - from sand to squids.
Monday, December 8th, 2014