Unity Create head Marc Whitten to resign
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
Ziva VFX
Unity discontinues the Ziva products
Unity ends sales of Maya tissue simulation plugin Ziva VFX, real-time toolset Ziva RT, and facial-rigging service Ziva Face Trainer.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Tutorial: Introduction to Ziva VFX - Volume 1 and 2
Volume 2 now available: master the Maya soft tissue simulation tool with The Gnomon Workshop's comprehensive two-part guide.
Friday, September 8th, 2023
Unity releases Ziva VFX 2.2
Maya muscle and soft tissue simulation plugin gets new CUDA-based GPU solver, plus option to visualise stretching in the viewport.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Unity ships Ziva Real-Time 2.0
New AI-based toolset generates real-time 3D characters that move with the accuracy of VFX rigs. Works with Maya, Unity, Unreal.
Friday, July 28th, 2023
Unity releases Ziva VFX 2.1
Popular Maya tissue simulation plugin gets improved collision detection, plus new tissue stifness and simulation damping controls.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
Ziva Dynamics launches Ziva Face Trainer
Cloud-based AI facial rigging service generates 'real-time faces' for use in Maya, Unity and UE4.
Thursday, August 11th, 2022
Watch Lion, Unity's fur-raising new tech demo
Beautiful new demo shows millions of strands of CG hair, rendered in real time in 4K on a PlayStation 5.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 2.0 for Maya
Popular soft tissue simulation plugin gets its first major update in two years. See the new features.
Thursday, March 31st, 2022
Ziva Dynamics launches ZRT Face Trainer in beta
Sign up now to test this promising next-gen AI-trained automated facial rigging system for games.
Monday, November 22nd, 2021
Ziva Dynamics makes Ziva VFX Academic licences free
Powerful Maya soft tissue simulation plugin now available free to students and educators.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.9
Maya soft tissue simulation plugin gets support for file referencing. Now compatible with Maya 2020.
Thursday, March 26th, 2020
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2020