See Substance Painter running in VR via Oculus's Hybrid Apps
New technology could let artists use DCC tools in virtual reality, via the same UI as on the desktop.
Friday, September 28th, 2018
VR
Crytek ships CryEngine 5.5
Long-awaited update to game engine updates GI system and Sandbox editor; introduces new 5%-of-royalties licensing model.
Monday, September 24th, 2018
Gravity Sketch releases Gravity Sketch VR 1.5
Promising virtual reality design tool gets support for groups, surface patches and orthographic views.
Friday, September 7th, 2018
New PiXYZ Software tools get CAD data into Unity, UE4
Now shipping: alternatives to Unreal Studio help prepare CAD data for import into game engines.
Friday, August 17th, 2018
Oculus ships Medium 2.0
VR modelling tool gets new Elastic mode for sculpting, support for grid and angle snapping, fewer limits on layers, undo operations and lights.
Monday, July 2nd, 2018
Google open-sources Seurat
Updated: Free tech converts offline renders to 3D geometry for use in mobile VR. Has exporters for Maya, Unity, UE4 - and now 3ds Max.
Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
Videos: the best of Siggraph 2018's technical papers
See our pick of the show's hottest research - from AI-driven animation to amazing simulation techniques.
Thursday, June 14th, 2018
Esri ships CityEngine 2018.0
Procedural 3D city-generation tool gets greater integration with Unreal Studio for VR work, new option to distribute geometry along curves.
Friday, May 11th, 2018
Unity 2018.1 is now shipping. Check out the highlights here
It's a huge update, so get up to speed faster with our run-down of the key features for CG artists.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
Boris FX makes Continuum VR Unit available free
Get this $199 set of plugins for editing 360° footage free until 31 May. Works in After Effects, Nuke, DaVinci Resolve.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
Foundry unveils Kanova: a volumetric sculpting tool for VR
Interesting new app based on Mischief's ADF technology will be free on Steam in early access.
Thursday, April 12th, 2018
Master Environment Creation for VR Using Photogrammetry
Create a detailed, production-ready immersive environment inside Unity with Gnomon's step-by-step guide.
Thursday, April 5th, 2018
Adobe releases After Effects CC 15.1
Nifty new Master Properties system for managing nested comps, plus revamped puppet animation tools.
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018