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Get an open-source version of the geometry for a real AAA game map as a resource for game art, pipeline testing and tools development.

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

Now officially released: new AI tech compresses offline smoke and fire sims "up to 100x" for rendering in real time in Unreal Engine 5.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

iOS and Android scanning app now generates character rigs for the 3D models it generates. There are updates to the free edition, too.

Monday, July 29th, 2024

Discover which of AMD's professional GPUs is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Reallusion's free add-on readies characters exported from Character Creator and iClone for rendering in 3ds Max with Arnold or V-Ray.

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Real-time smoke and fire simulator for games and VFX gets movable, parentable simulation domains, and live recording in the timeline.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Online service recreates props and furniture for use in games and AR, and can be trialed for free. Now comes with a new iOS app.

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

Material authoring and 3D capture software can now send materials directly to 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, Unity and Unreal Engine 5.

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

Unconventional character rigging and animation tool is no longer being developed commercially, so you can now download it for free.

Sunday, July 14th, 2024

Browser-based tool lets you create animations for humanoid characters by typing text prompts. Free in open beta, including for commercial use

Saturday, June 29th, 2024

Markerless motion-capture software streams data live to Unreal Engine, or can post-process it to a 'AAA quality' Blender file.

Thursday, June 27th, 2024

Epic Games' free 3D scanning app for Android and iOS now lets you download the 3D scan directly, rather than via Sketchfab.

Tuesday, June 25th, 2024