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virtual production

French movie trade organization CST's free tool offers an intuitive way to explore USD scenes. Now plays back animations in USD scenes, too.

Sunday, September 8th, 2024

Check out this promising new 3D clothing design tool for VFX and game development, and its Unreal Engine cloth simulation plugin.

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

Promising AI-based virtual projection app extracts actors from video and relights them to match a new background. Try it free in beta.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2024

iPad Simulcam app used on The Mandalorian and House of the Dragon is now available on the App Store to studios of all sizes.

Thursday, August 15th, 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

Now available free, technical artist Paul Ambrosiussen's P4Houdini plugin integrates Houdini with Perforce's version control tech.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Check out the latest features in the real-time visualization app, from the new Render Layers system to new scattering and animation tools.

Tuesday, June 4th, 2024

Read our pick of the new features in UE5, from Motion Graphics Mode and modular character rigging to virtual production and VFX.

Monday, April 29th, 2024

Upcoming virtual production toolset will let studios use existing V-Ray assets on LED walls with full ray tracing "without any preprocessing".

Friday, April 5th, 2024

Epic Games has announced new subscription-based pricing for its key software products. See who the changes affect, and when they start.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

iClone-to-Unreal Engine live link can now bake complete crowd animations to single sequences in Unreal Engine. Free for indie artists.

Tuesday, February 20th, 2024

Open-source pipeline for VFX and animation work is now production-ready - and available in the cloud as well as to install locally for free.

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Check out the new features in the virtual camera system for Maya and Unreal Engine, including additive recording, and native Vicon support.

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024