The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016
We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
virtual reality
Unity Technologies ships Unity 5.4
New update to the game engine extends the particle controls and Cinematic Image Effects add-on.
Saturday, July 30th, 2016
Andrew Hazelden releases PlayblastVR for Maya V2.0
Create fast previz renders of Maya scenes in common panoramic formats - now including Facebook 360's native format.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
Discover how Legend put Stan Lee in VR
See a special making-of session on Stan Lee's Cosmic Crusaders at Gnomon's LA HQ on Thursday 28 July. Watch free online.
Monday, July 18th, 2016
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Modo
New native Modo version of renderer uses same core tech as Max and Maya versions, but costs $340 less.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
The Foundry ships Cara VR
Updated: New plugin toolset for Nuke aims to tackle key problems of creating virtual reality content. See the full feature set and pricing here.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
Valve releases Destinations Workshop Tools for free
Create immersive VR environments using the same Source 2 toolset used internally at Valve itself.
Monday, June 13th, 2016
Discover how to create VR games in Unreal Engine
Come to Epic Games' free four-hour masterclass at Gnomon's Hollywood campus on Wednesday 15 June.
Friday, June 10th, 2016
Act-3D releases Lumion 6.5
Real-time visualisation tool gets improved renderer, plus new option to set transparency for vegetation.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Imagineer Systems ships mocha Pro 5
Updated, now shipping: see the matchmover's GPU-accelerated tracking and half-price After Effects plugin in action.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.12
Check out the new VR Editor mode and Sequencer cinematic editor. Lots of new mobile options, too.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016
Otoy releases OctaneRender 3.0
Now shipping: Long-awaited update to GPU renderer to add volumetrics, support for deep pixel compositing.
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
Epic Games ships Daydream plugin for Unreal Engine 4
Support for Google's new mobile VR platform available already. Source code out now, binaries due in June.
Friday, May 20th, 2016