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Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 24.09 in preview
Open-source game engine gets initial support for AR and VR, and makes it possible to create 'no code' games without a compiler.
Blender will support online asset libraries
Future releases of the open-source 3D software will also come pre-configured with a remote library of CC0 brushes, materials and meshes.
Machina Fractals plugins create 3D fractals in Unreal Engine 5
Machina Fractals: Essence, Machina Fractals: Mecha and new plugin Machina Fractals: Ultima create amazing real-time 3D forms.
Das Element uses AI to sort your VFX asset library
Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organised library of 2D and 3D assets. Check out the new features in Das Element 2.1.
Autodesk acquires Golaem
Maya crowd simulation software is no longer on sale, but its core IP will be integrated into 'Autodesk's current product offerings'.
Maxon to raise subscription prices in September 2024
Cost of Cinema 4D, ZBrush and Red Giant subscriptions to rise next month, but pricing for Redshift largely unaffected.
Esri releases CityEngine 2024.0
Build CG cities by dragging and dropping nodes with the procedural city-generation software's new Visual CGA Editor.
Tutorial: Illustrative Storytelling & Design Techniques
Discover how to create compelling images in The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass from Crystal Dynamics Art Director Abe Taraky.
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2025.1
Check out the new features in this unexpected quality-of-life update to the character animation and mocap editing software.
Chaos ends perpetual licenses of crowd animation tool anima
Perpetual anima Pro licenses and sales of individual metropoly 3D stock characters discontinued in favor of anima All subscriptions.
Chaos releases Enscape 4.1
Check out the new features in the real-time visualization software, including the Chaos AI Enhancer for adding detail to images.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 14.0
Material authoring software gets new color-manipulation nodes for stylizing images and generating color palettes and ID maps.
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2025.2
3D modeling and animation software gets support for SVG files and a new Flow Retopology plugin for cloud-based workflow.
Check out the new ML Deformer in Maya 2025.2
Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.
Shapelab 2024 is now free to students worldwide
Studying at a school or college? Grab a free perpetual license of the desktop and VR sculpting software, normally priced at $69.99.
Zibra AI unveils ZibraVDB
Now free in alpha: new AI tech compresses offline smoke and fire sims "up to 100x" for rendering in real time in Unreal Engine 5.
Autodesk launches Flow Generative Scheduling
AI tech helps VFX and animation studios generate variant schedules for projects to assess the impact of deadline and staffing changes.
NVIDIA unveils fVDB
New deep learning framework built on OpenVDB is intended to enable developers and researchers to build city-scale generative AI models.
Boris FX releases Mocha Pro 2024.5
Sizeable update to the tracking app extends the new 3D tracking toolset, and adds Alembic export and direct export to After Effects.
3D scanning app Kiri Engine 3.9 now auto-rigs your 3D models
iOS and Android scanning app now generates character rigs for the 3D models it generates. There are updates to the free edition, too.
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