Brekel releases OpenVR Recorder
Interesting new mocap tool records tracking data direct from your HTC Vive or Oculus Rift in FBX format.
Monday, August 7th, 2017
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Adobe buys Mettle's SkyBox Suite of VR tools
Popular After Effects and Premiere Pro plugins for creating 360° video now available free to Creative Cloud subscribers.
Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
OptiTrack launches its first active optical tracking system
New LED-marker-based OptiTrack Active system is aimed at 'theme-park scaled' VR projects.
Monday, February 27th, 2017
The 10 best visual effects breakdowns of 2016
Watch our pick of the best movie, TV and commercials breakdown videos created in the past year.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 2017 and Ignite Pro 2017
All-in-one editing, compositing and VFX app gets 32-bit workflow, 8K res, new editing and grading tools.
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
The Foundry ships Cara VR
Updated: New plugin toolset for Nuke aims to tackle key problems of creating virtual reality content. See the full feature set and pricing here.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
Andersson Technologies ships SynthEyes 1605
Matchmoving software gets new toolsets for stabilising and tracking 360-degree video for virtual reality.
Monday, May 9th, 2016
Blackmagic Design ships Fusion 8, Fusion 8 Studio
Now officially shipping: formerly Windows-only compositor now available on Mac. Linux version due later this year.
Friday, April 1st, 2016
FXhome ships HitFilm 4 Pro
Editing, compositing and effects app gets new 3D rendering, animation options, plus $299 Boris FX titling plugin 3D Objects thrown in free.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Natron 2.0 ships
Big update to the open-source compositor adds Python support, roto painting and new dopesheet. Check out the new features here.
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 8 as free beta
New Mac edition and new UI, but no new features this time round. Beta of the commercial version due soon.
Friday, August 28th, 2015
FXhome releases Hitfilm 3 Express for free
Get a neat free edition of the editing, compositing and VFX tool. Limited to 1080p export, but licensed for commercial use.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
FXhome updates HitFilm 3 Pro
Updated: Latest free update adds new Star Wars-style title crawl and support for DaVinci Resolve 11.
Monday, March 2nd, 2015