Reallusion ships iClone 7.6 and Character Creator 3.1
iClone gets batch rendering and support for IES lights. Character Creator gets new LOD options.
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Unity
QuadSpinner ships Gaea 1.0.24
Next-gen terrain design tool now integrates with Houdini. Edit Gaea terrain in Houdini or software compatible with Houdini Engine.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
Unity 2019.2 ships
Now shipping: Game engine gets support for denoising lightmaps on CPU and GPU. 3D sculpting tool Polybrush now integrated natively.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
Autodesk joins Khronos Group
FBX developer to join open standards body's 3D Formats Working Group to support development of the glTF file format.
Thursday, July 25th, 2019
Rokoko launches facial capture add-on for its mocap systems
New iPhone X app lets you capture facial animation alongside full-body data and stream it to UE4, Unity or MotionBuilder.
Friday, July 12th, 2019
Quixel ships Bridge 2019.2
VFX-focused update to the asset management tool for Megascans scan data adds USD support, plus new integration for Clarisse iFX.
Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
Download free texture de-lighting tool Agisoft De-Lighter
Handy standalone tool removes baked-in shadows from textures generated via photogrammetry.
Monday, July 8th, 2019
Download four new free Renderpeople 3D characters
Includes an animated male figure and two rigged female figures. Multiple common 3D formats; for commercial use.
Monday, July 8th, 2019
RayFire Studios releases RayFire for Unity
New Unity edition of the popular 3ds Max destruction tool lets users destroy 3D geometry at runtime.
Monday, July 1st, 2019
Check out virtual production tools BeeHive and DragonFly
Updated: new Unreal Engine and Unity-compatible virtual camera system DragonFly is now shipping.
Friday, June 28th, 2019
Tandent Vision Science launches Lightbrush Cloud
New online service splits images into surface colour and illumination maps, to create de-lighted textures.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2019
IDV ships SpeedTree 8.4
Games edition of the tree-generation tool gets new wind animation algorithm, better texture atlas generation. Smaller updates to the Cinema edition.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
New tool Masterpiece Motion lets you rig characters in VR
Intuitive new app lets users place bones and paint skin weights in VR, using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019