News & Features

Tangent Animation scales with virtual workstations on AWS

Jun 17, 2020 at 10:00 am by Press Release

For the creative team of artists and innovators at Tangent Animation, blazing trails has become a defining trait, whether reimagining workflows with open source software,.... Read More

Join Foundry on a journey of modeling, lighting and compositing

Jun 17, 2020 at 03:00 am by -gToon

The Foundry Virtual Events team are excited to share a fresh list of webinars, skill ups and sessions with you. Visit Foundry's web page for June's webinars where we'll dive i.... Read More

Chaos Group introduces V-Ray Collection, 15 products with 1 license

Jun 16, 2020 at 04:09 pm by Press Release

Chaos Group launches V-Ray Collection, a new offering designed to help artists connect their entire creative pipeline through a single floating license. Users can now move fre.... Read More

Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max

Jun 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm by Press Release

Chaos Group released Tuesday, June 16 V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max, connecting its award-winning renderer to more parts of the visualization process. Artists and designers can now comp.... Read More

AMD introduces Ryzen 3000XT desktop processors, expanded AM4 platform offerings

Jun 16, 2020 at 08:38 am by Press Release

AMD announced Tuesday, June 16 three new additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family – the AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT, AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT and AMD Ryzen.... Read More

Reallusion releases 2D Motion LIVE for Cartoon Animator

Jun 15, 2020 at 09:25 am by Press Release

Reallusion announces the release of Cartoon Animator 4.2 and 2D Motion LIVE, the first complete 2D animation system for live performance and motion capture.&nbs.... Read More

Join the Real-Time Ray-Tracing Summit

Jun 12, 2020 at 01:44 pm by Press Release

Real-time ray tracing technology is set to be an industry game-changer. The ability to create new digital worlds with the lighting, reflections and shadows that we see in.... Read More

Combating VR Sickness in Sim Racing

Jun 12, 2020 at 11:24 am by Warlord720

One thing I learned in the early days of VR development was the fact that I was susceptible to various forms of VR induced motion sickness. Now, this isn’t just an unple.... Read More

Download ZBrushCoreMini: the new free edition of ZBrush

Jun 11, 2020 at 12:24 pm by -gToon

Enjoy a true ZBrush experience as you take your first steps into the exciting world of digital sculpting with ZBrushCoreMini... completely free for all users! Pixelogic.... Read More

Epic Games announces Unreal Fest Online for July 14

Jun 11, 2020 at 12:00 pm by Press Release

Epic Games announced Unreal Fest Online, a free global event taking place on Tuesday, July 14, with registration open now. Covering five content tracks with more than 50.... Read More

Maxon Announces 2020 Virtual Events Calendar

Jun 09, 2020 at 02:20 pm by Press Release

Company to Host Series of Artist-Focused Digital Experiences Friedrichsdorf, Germany – June 8, 2020 – Maxon, the developers of professional 3D modeling, a.... Read More

Unity 2019 LTS is now available

Jun 09, 2020 at 08:29 am by Press Release

Unity 2019 LTS is now available, the game engine announced. The long-term support version of Unity 2019 contains everything from the previous three TECH stream releases, wit.... Read More

SIGGRAPH Q&A: Procedural approach to animation-driven effects for 'Avengers: Endgame'

Jun 05, 2020 at 10:00 am by Submitted

On Wednesday, 13 May 2020, the SIGGRAPH 2020 conference hosted its first-ever, complimentary webinar. The session, “Procedural Approach to Animation-Driven Effects for &.... Read More

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2021.1

Jun 04, 2020 at 04:11 pm by Press Release

Autodesk has released 3ds Max 2021.1, a feature-rich update targeted at modernizing and upgrading performance for artist workflows across design visualization and media and en.... Read More

Racing Simulator Hardware on the Cheap

Jun 04, 2020 at 01:56 pm by Warlord720

Back in the early '90s, when graphics were much simpler, I remember getting into Papyrus Design Groups NASCAR Racing to such a degree I would be exhausted after a race. .... Read More

Blender's 2.83 Release is here

Jun 03, 2020 at 12:00 pm by Press Release

The third and final update of the Blender 2.8 series is here. Blender 2.83 further refines the groundbreaking improvements of the previous versions and delivers more exciting.... Read More

How SIGGRAPH 2020 is staging a virtual conference

May 29, 2020 at 02:00 pm by Submitted

A Message from ACM SIGGRAPH President Jessica Hodgins Dear ACM SIGGRAPH community, As the organizers who scrambled to put on the first conferences that went virtual this spr.... Read More

Reallusion SkinGen for Character Creator

Reallusion reveals new SkinGen for Character Creator

May 29, 2020 at 10:22 am by Press Release

Reallusion follows up the success of Headshot, the game changer for rapid digital double character creation AI, with a look at the forthcoming release of SkinGen. The Digital.... Read More

Folding@home: Citizen Scientists Gain Insight on COVID-19

May 29, 2020 at 06:15 am by Press Release

Image: The protease is the target of the COVID-Moonshot project, a collaboration F@h is participating in with chemists and biologists around the world. Read more abo.... Read More

Optim 1.2 adds real-time, interactive VR collaboration to Unreal Engine

May 28, 2020 at 01:00 pm by Press Release

Visualization firm and software maker Theia Interactive recently launched Optim 1.2, adding a host of new tools to Epic Games' Unreal Engine, including a ready-to-us.... Read More