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virtual production

Check out the major features now in development for the open-source 3D software and due for release in Blender 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and beyond.

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

Real-time ray tracing renderer is now available as a viewport renderer in Houdini, via a Hydra delegate. New smoke and fire simulator, too.

Thursday, December 11th, 2025

Find great seasonal discounts on CG software, hardware and assets. Deals available in January include 3DCoat, 3D Scan Store, CGTrader.

Friday, November 28th, 2025

See our pick of the features in the latest version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

New program for developing more ambitious, experimental features for Blender provides a safe space in which developers can 'break things'.

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025

New video-to-PBR AI model lets artists relight video footage without manual 3D reconstruction. Can now be run offline, as well as in the cloud.

Friday, November 7th, 2025

New UE5 plugin is a 'major leap' in 3D Gaussian Splatting workflows for VFX and virtual production. Check out its key features.

Friday, October 24th, 2025

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

Major update to the real-time visualization app adds support for Nanite and the Unreal VCam virtual camera app. Free to indie artists.

Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

Museum and Gallery - Archinteriors Vol 10 Scene 1 for Unreal Engine is now free on Fab - but you'll need to be quick to download it.

Wednesday, September 10th, 2025

Turn any MetaHuman exported from Unreal Engine into a ready-to-animate character with the updated Metahuman for Houdini add-on.

Friday, August 29th, 2025

Indie users can now use the real-time effects tech to compress and play back an unlimited number of OpenVDB sequences for free.

Tuesday, August 19th, 2025

Asset library ScansMatter's modular Warehouse Environment pack is free on Fab for the next two weeks. 4K PBR textures, commercial use.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025