Hypercosm announced the release of the Hypercosm Teleporter for 3D interactive exporting of 3ds max scenes.

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Aqsis is an open source, Renderman-compliant renderer. Version 1.0 does not support raytracing or any form of global illumination but plans are underway to include raytracing and global illumination functionality in the next version.

Bionatics has announced a 40% average decrease on EASYnat prices, and according to the press release (PDF format) the company intends to become the "referent provider of 3D vegetation" for the Building & Construction industry.

CG film production in Spain advances at a steady pace. La Coruña-based DYGRA Films has chosen to adapt Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and turn it into a full CG-animated feature. The result is "El Sueño de una Noche de San Juan", a film which, according to Cine por la Red, has already secured contracts for distribution in 40 countries, including Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Russia, China, Egypt, Israel, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, among others. (Note: Spanish version of the trailer also available)

The latest version of Naturalmotion's "virtual motion capture studio" provides a range of new features including new and enhanced adaptive AI behaviors and a fully user-definable character. (more...)

CGUnderground interviews Albacete-born artist Juan Siquier.

MetinSeven.com reviews the new online HDRI-Studio service. (more...)

Robert Seidel has posted his latest short film online. "_grau" is an experimental film created using Max 5 and After Effects that departs from the kind of aesthetics 3D animation is currently most commonly used for. The film is a "personal reflection on memories coming up during a car accident, where past events emerge, fuse, erode and finally vanish ethereally." (Note: this is an experimental film and does not contain narrative elements in the traditional sense)