Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 3
Games texture map creation tool gets support for PBR workflow. Neat shadow-removal and tiling options.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Unity
Video: see Frostbite and Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8
Updated: download Epic Games' free Zen Garden demo to try Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8 for yourself.
Thursday, September 18th, 2014
Amplify Creations unveils Amplify Texture 2 for Unity
Updated: Virtual texturing plugin lets you use 4 Terapixel textures inside Unity Pro. Free public trial out now.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014
Build a full-body inertial mocap suit for under $400
Back Perception Neuron on Kickstarter, and get an assemble-it-yourself 20-sensor kit for $375.
Friday, August 29th, 2014
Download 75 free C4D models from The Pixel Lab
Everything from creatures to ray guns, licensed for commercial use. Good for Unity & After Effects, too.
Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Mixamo launches Starter and Indie pricing plans
$50/month gets you ten animations, plus access to the character creator, facial mocap and decimation tools.
Friday, August 22nd, 2014
Faceware Technologies ships Faceware Live 2.0
Markerless facial mocap system adds support for multiple characters, option to stream data live into Unity.
Friday, August 8th, 2014
Side Effects unveils Houdini Engine for 3ds Max, Unreal
Unreal Engine plugin being developed in house; 3ds Max version by former Digital Domain TD Hideki Suzuki.
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
Faceshift 2014 ships
Kinect-based facial scanning and markerless mocap tool gets quicker setup, improved tracking quality.
Friday, June 20th, 2014
Stream facial mocap data from a Kinect live into Unity
Updated plugin for the Faceshift markerless facial capture system offers new real-time workflow.
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
Esri ships CityEngine 2014.0
Powerful procedural city-generation tool gets new plugins integrating it with Maya and Unity.
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
Unity 4.5 ships
Mainly bugfixes this time, but there are new 2D physics tools, plus stereo support for DirectX 11 games.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Side Effects announces Houdini Engine pricing
Engine starts at $495; free plugin enabling users to edit Houdini content inside Maya ships in July.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014