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A fun procedural tank battle simulation scene created by XAPKOHHEH using Houdini. No crowd tools were used, no cache corrections, no secondary sims, all battle elements and FX are done in one simulation. Watch the video on Vimeo.

Xara has released Xara Designer Pro X11, the latest version of its graphics software that provides photo editing, vector illustration, page layout and website design functionality, all in one WYSIWYG design tool. New features include: (more...)

New features in the latest version of EnRichPro's plugin for adding dirt and aging effects to your models include: (more...)

UK-based Hammerhead VR has posted a trailer for a proposed Star Wars VR game for the Oculus Rift. It is a non-profit, fan-made project that was completed in two weeks by two artists (using some pre-made models). All footage is running in Unreal Engine 4. Watch it on Vimeo.

Cebas has posted a teaser announcing the upcoming release of the second update to v6 of its rule-based particle system for procedural creation of visual effects. Watch the teaser on YouTube.

New features in E-on Software's scattering and instancing plugin for integrating EcoSystem algorithms into Max, Maya and Cinema 4D include PlantFactory 2015 integration, Maya convert tools, 3DS Max and Maya 2016 support, etc. Read on for the list of changes. (more...)

FX artist Niall Horn used ThinkingParticles to recreate a procedural setup of triggering mouse traps from a recent ad produced by MPC. Watch the video on Vimeo.

Tissue is a free parametric modeling Blender add-on developed by Co-de-iT to promote the use of Computational Design in Blender. The included Tessellate tool allows to copy a selected object (Component) on the faces of the active object (Generator), adapting its bounding box to the shape of quad-faces. Once the Tessellate button has been pressed more options appear in the Operator parameters. More on Tissue's official page.

Two motion graphics add-ons have been released in the past months for Blender recreating some of the functionality from AE's Plexus plugin: ParticleLink and IK-Particles.

Solid Iris has announced the release of the latest version of its CPU+GPU renderer for 3DS Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Rhino and Sketchup. New features include: (more...)