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Reallusion has announced the release of Character Creator 3.3 and SkinGen. (more...)

The Embassy has released a breakdown reel for its work on the Tarask Demon from Netflix's Warrior Nun. Watch it on Vimeo.

Unigine has announced the release of version 2.12, adding improved particle simulation with advanced controls, a physics performance boost of up to 2 times, better clouds and atmosphere improvements, advanced control over Landscape Terrain details, a new Earthworks demo, and more. See the full list of changes on the Unigine website. 

3DS Meetup's next broadcast will take place tomorrow, August 6 at 7PM UK. time. This month's presentations are by Dan Moore from VFX house Framestore, Ivaylo Begov  from Cosmoscube, Emil Rasmussen winner of The Rookies Awards Archviz category, and Mads Lind Nicolaisen winner of The Rookies Awards Archviz Runner-up.  (more...)

FXHome has released CamTrackAR, a new iOS app for modern devices that captures video and 3D tracking data simultaneously for compositing objects into 3d footage easily. Watch a demo on YouTube. 

Autodesk has responded to an open letter by 17 AEC customers criticising the increasing cost and lack of development of its Revit application. Autodesk has now posted a response addressing several of the concerns listed in the letter, citing finite resources but ultimately promising progress in the future. (more...)

Microsoft has joined the Blender development fund at Corporate Gold level, alongside existing members Intel, Ubisoft, Embark, and CGGE Institute. (more...)

Soft8Soft has announced the latest version of Verge3D, its  artist-friendly toolkit for creating 3D interactive web applications. (more...)

Nekki  has announced a free open beta of Cascadeur, its physics-based character animation software.  (more...)

Redshift Rendering Technologies has released a preview of Redshift RT,  a new rendering mode that attempts to dramatically improve interactivity to get "close to real-time performance" while maintaining  the same shaders, lights, and options as regular Redshift Core. (more...)