Modo News

IDV is posting previews of the features that will be available in v7 of its plants and trees creation software: animated growth, subdivision surface modeling.

New features in Southpaw Technology's open source web-based asset management system include: drag n’ drop ingestion widget, MongoDB integration, Perforce integration and an internal messaging tool. The company has made available the code on on GitHub, for those who want to collaborate on coding of the Tactic code base. More on Southpaw Technology's site.

Chaos Group announced that a new beta build of v3.0 of their render has been released. New features include: (more...)

The LightWave 3D Group has released its stand-alone tool designed for working with animation and dynamic simulation cache files from any application, allowing you to use sculpting and transformation tools over time. Features include support for soft and rigid-body dynamics, ability to manipulate massive geometry files, can handle various file formats (Alembic, LWO, OBJ, LightWave MDD and Autodesk Geometry Cache), etc. Watch some sample videos and find out more on LightWave3D.com.

A fun short with a low-poly aesthetic created by Udi Kaslasi, Yair Meirovitz and Alon Tako at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design. Watch it on Filmnosis.

Microsoft's Kinect is being used to translate sign language, helping the hearing and the deaf communicate. Watch a video on YouTube.

Xoio has released another free set of cutout people. Download it from Xoio-Air.

AXYZ-design are offering ready-posed static 3D models for Archviz projects. They are available in Max, Sketchup and OBJ formats. More on AXYZ-design.