2112games has released a new version of Ptolomee, its PBR material organiser with real-time previews. (more...)

Autodesk has released a 2 part masterclass with Bifrost Product Manager Marcus Nordenstam that explains how to use visual programming tool in Maya for a disintegration effect. (more...)

Autodesk has announced the release of Bifrost 2.1 for Maya. New features make it possible to build compounds using rapid point-cloud lookups, nearest-neighbor searches, and raycasting. These can be combined with a new scope for visualising geometric queries to allow new types of compound to be created including collision deformers and attribute transfer. (more...)

Disney Research has published a paper titled  Interactive sculpting of digital faces using an anatomical modelling paradigm that proposes a new approach that is easy to use for beginners, consistently produces plausible face geometry, but still allows freedom beyond traditional video game avatar creation. (more...)

CLO virtual fashion has announced that Marvelous Designer is to stop selling new perpetual licenses with the release of version 10. From this version onwards, the software will only be available under a rental licensing scheme. Existing perpetual license owners will be able to update until Marvelous Designer 12. Find out more on the Marvelous Designer blog.

Dexter Studios has released a breakdown reel for its work on the South Korean fantasy TV series Arthdal Chronicles. Watch it on Vimeo.  

Epic Games has announced the release of a Live Link Face for Unreal Engine, and app for iOS that streams facial animation data directly onto characters in Unreal Engine in real-time. (more...)