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Weta Digital

Soft tissue simulation and render denoising system win tech 'Oscars', due to be presented at a ceremony tonight. Check out the other winners.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

Exec responsible for the open letter apologizing for the controversial Runtime Fee policy is to step down from the game engine firm in June.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

E-on software's digital nature tools are now available as free perpetual licenses, but development has been discontinued. Read our FAQs here.

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

3D clothing design software creator Jaden Oh wins tech 'Oscar', along with the creators of open standards USD, OpenVDB and Alembic.

Monday, January 15th, 2024

Firms to end deal struck in 2021 when Unity acquired Weta Digital's in-house VFX technology and engineering staff.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

Check out the new features in this major update to the bonus tools for Foundry's 3D texture painting app.

Friday, September 2nd, 2022

Beautiful new demo shows millions of strands of CG hair, rendered in real time in 4K on a PlayStation 5.

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022

Firm sheds around 200 of the staff gained in its billion-dollar spending spree since going public in 2020.

Friday, July 1st, 2022

Blender 3.2 ships

Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

Photorealistic two-minute real-time Unity short showcases new skin and hair simulation technologies.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022

Buyout of leading character rigging and simulation tools developer strengthens Unity's portfolio of digital human and creature tech.

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

Firm aims to put Weta's legendary in-house VFX tools 'into the hands of millions of artists' worldwide.

Wednesday, November 10th, 2021

Renderers win primetime Emmy Awards alongside crowd simulation tools Massive and Golaem Crowd.

Monday, October 11th, 2021