Epic Games acquires Shave and a Haircut
Version 9.6 of the veteran Maya hair plugin to be released free to UE4 users, including source code.
Thursday, June 6th, 2019
V-Ray
Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Update 2
Renderer gets new toon shader, debug shading, memory tracking tools, and updates to V-Ray GPU.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Review: BOXX APEXX T3 workstation
Jason Lewis puts this powerful 3D workstation through a battery of real-world DCC benchmark tests.
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019
Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for Maya Update 1
Renderer gets V-Ray GPU updates, Cryptomatte support for VRayProxy, and new memory tracking system.
Monday, May 13th, 2019
Download 10 free 3D models for visualisation work
Get 3Dmodels.com's free assets, from clothes and furnishings to trees and cars. Multiple formats, commercial use.
Sunday, May 12th, 2019
Eye candy: Chaos Group's new V-Ray VFX showreel
See amazing work created with the renderer, then follow our links to the studios' technical breakdowns.
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
Google Cloud launches Zync Render 2.0
Online rendering service now offers up to 48,000 CPU cores per user, new GPU rendering options.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
Quixel supports the MDL material format in Megascans
Popular library of real-world scan data adopts the cross-application material format supported in V-Ray and Unreal Studio.
Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
Chaos Group releases V-Ray Next for Modo
Modo edition of the renderer gets new scene intelligence features, faster GPU rendering, new rolling shutter effect.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
InnoBright ships Altus Studio 2.4 and Altus ServerPro 2.4
Updated: Standalone render denoising tools get new integration plugins for Houdini and Clarisse.
Monday, April 15th, 2019
Adobe ships Dimension CC 2.2
3D app for graphic designers gets support for cloud rendering and Substance materials, but the old V-Ray render engine has gone.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Tyson Ibele releases tyFlow for 3ds Max in free open beta
Hotly tipped replacement for 3ds Max's Particle Flow toolset provides fast, multithreaded multiphysics.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Review: Nvidia Titan RTX
Nvidia's new Turing GPU offers the power of a workstation card at a lower price. Jason Lewis puts it through his real-world 3D tests.
Monday, March 18th, 2019