OptiTrack announced that full-body motion tracking and self calibrating systems are added to OptiTrack VR to produce an automated wide-area tracking system for out-of-home VR entertainment. More on OptiTrack's website.

Planetside Software has released Terragen 4.1, the latest update to its software for creating realistic natural environments. Some notable fixes in version 4.1 include optimizations to cloud and atmosphere rendering, speed improvements, and 32 bit EXR output option. For full details on Terragen 4.1 you can visit the Planetside Software website.

Isotropix has announced the availability of Clarisse 3.5. This latest version includes new features such as Triplanar Node, Standard PBR material, updates to the interface, Cryptomatte support, particle and property paint along with a new set of scattering features, and much more. For the list of new features and improvements, you can visit the Isotropix website.

New features in Esri's 3D urban environment creation software include: Scenarios allow to create multiple design alternatives within a scene to analyze their comparative performance, Local Edit tool for procedural models, measure tools, revamped UI with improved support for high-DPI displays, enhanced support for several 3D import and export formats, etc. CityEngine Basic is priced at $500, CityEngine Advanced at $4000. A trial version is available for download. More on Esri's site.

A new development build (3016) of the procedural terrain creation software is available to registered owners. New features include: Roughness Selector produces a mask that indicates which areas of your terrain are rough, Blueprints are snippets of connected devices that you can build and quickly paste into your world to speed up world creation, autosave keeps the current state of your world saved at all times, etc. More on the World Machine development blog.

New features in Allegorithmic's 3D painting software include: Anchor Points layer and mask referencing system, ability to rename Fill and Paint Effects, improved performance in multiple areas, first Live Link implementation with external applications (Unity), etc. More on Allegorithmic's website.

Intraware have released a new teaser video for Eddy; their plugin for simulating gaseous phenomena inside Nuke. Eddy for Nuke is set to be released at SIGGRAPH 2017. Watch it on Vimeo.