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Sketchfab has announced Sketchfab for Teams, a new version of its service that's aimed at collaborative working within a shared account. (more...)

Unity Technologies has announced that the realistic human assets including the technology stack from the Heretic demo are now available for users to download. Find out more on the Unity blog.

Epic has released the first public demo of Unreal Engine 5, demonstrating some of the impressive technology we can expect from next year's release. The two headline features shown in the demo, which is running on a Playstation 5 are Nanite, which promises an end to polygon budgets, draw calls, and LODs; and Lumen, a new real-time fully dynamic global illumination solution. (more...)

Faceware has announced the release of Faceware Studio, its facial animation software for realtime streaming that promises a modern and intuitive approach to creating instant facial animation. (more...)

Rizom-Lab has announced a new version of RizomUV. (more...)

Autodesk has announced that its events will move online this year in response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. This includes their Autodesk University conference in Las Vegas which was scheduled for November, as well as our international AU events in the UK, India, Japan, China, and Germany. Find out more on the AU website. 

Istanbul based artist Arda Kutlu has announced the latest version of his free pipeline management tool for Maya, 3DS Max, Houdini and Nuke called Tik Manager. It is designed for use in small to medium-sized teams or for individuals. (more...)

Dexter Studios has released a breakdown reel for its work on Parasite. Watch it on Vimeo.

Federico Ventura and Michael Martin have released QuickLight 1.0, a new plugin for Maya that allows the user to quickly use 4 different parametric limbos and 48 different light studio presets. (more...)

Alexey Vanzhula has released a new update to Modeler,  his plugin package for direct modelling in Houdini. New features of version 2020.1 include an interactive tools system, mouse and keyboard shortcuts, radial menu toolsets, improvements to the UI, a faster modelling core, and more new modelling tools. See a demo of the new features on Vimeo and find out more about the plugin on Gumroad.