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The Emerging Technologies area of SIGGRAPH Asia will be featuring a 360-degree observable 3D fog display which realizes interaction between observers and presented objects. An overview of the technology can be found at SIGGRAPH.org.

MBL PRO (Motion Blur Lab PRO) is a Photoshop-compliant plugin capable of producing multi-directional and variable-strength motion blur effects quickly and efficiently using motion vectors. MBL PRO can achieve effects not currently possible with virtually any existing digital retouching software. It is 32bit only at this time. More information can be found at MBL Pro.

This free point release to Itoo Software's parametric modeling plugin adds more than 50 useful new models to its existing library, including: Chainlinks, Stone walls, Moldings, Bridges, Handrails, Street lights and Trusses. An image of the new models and links to more info and the download page can be found at Itoo Software.

Matt Anderson, the founder of The3dstudio.com, has done an interview for Cgdigest.com. He answers questions with regards to the stock 3D model market in general, about the recent acquisition of The3dstudio.com by 3D systems and also shares his vision on the future of the 3d stock industry, including the potential impact of more widespread access to 3D printing. The full interview can be found on CGdigest.

Flash Player 11 now offers GPU hardware accelerated 2D/3D graphics through a new architecture it's dubbed 'Stage 3D'. As well, native 64 bit support is now supported on multiple platforms. The new version of Flash can be downloaded from Adobe

Ambiera has released version 3 of their software for publishing interactive 3D scenes to the web using Flash, WebGL, or as standalone Windows and Mac applications. A key new feature is the ability to develop applications that make use of the new Stage3D component of Flash Player 11 without programming. More about this and several other new features can be found at Ambiera.

Clovis Gay has released a script for enabling bendy limbs in a Biped. Sliders control the bend value on hands and feet. Twisting and stretching of the arms and legs are also supported. The script and a demo video can be found at ScriptSpot.

Over the past several months CGarchitect has had the opportunity to test, in a working environment, the NEC MultiSync PA301W, introduced earlier this year. A very detailed review of its capabilities, particularly with regard to color accuracy, can be found at CGarchitect.