DeepMotion launches AI text-to-animation service SayMotion 1.5
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
Unity
Move AI launches AI-based real-time mocap solution Move Live
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
RealityScan 1.5 saves 3D models directly to your phone
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
Unity Create head Marc Whitten to resign
Exec responsible for the open letter apologizing for the controversial Runtime Fee policy is to step down from the game engine firm in June.
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
Download new free standalone UV packing tool Packer-IO
New app makes the automated UV packing tech behind 3d-io's popular UV-Packer plugins available to users of any DCC software.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Download Vue, PlantFactory and PlantCatalog for free
E-on software's digital nature tools are now available as free perpetual licenses, but development has been discontinued. Read our FAQs here.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Unity 6 Preview: five key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the new features in the latest version of Unity, from improvements to rendering to new generative AI animation tools.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
Blockade Labs launches Skybox AI Model 3
Big update to the browser-based generative AI tool makes it possible to create 8K 360° environments from text prompts or sketches
Friday, April 19th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Connector
Open-source framework should help devs write plugins to send files between Substance 3D apps and tools like Blender and Maya.
Friday, April 5th, 2024
Unity discontinues the Ziva products
Unity ends sales of Maya tissue simulation plugin Ziva VFX, real-time toolset Ziva RT, and facial-rigging service Ziva Face Trainer.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Cell Fluids 1.6 for Blender is out
Promising lightweight Blender fluids add-on can now bake simulations for export to game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2024.1
Big update to the AI-assisted animation software adds animation retargeting and 'unbaking' systems, plus new pricing model
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
Kiri Engine gets support for 3D Gaussian Splatting
Updated: 3D scanning app now lets users edit 3DGS scans and export them to DCC apps in OBJ format, on both iOS and Android.
Monday, March 11th, 2024