SideFX speaks with Method Studios regarding the recent work they did for AICP. You can read the behind the scenes interview on

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A video by Nixolas that shows how Pokémon creatures are distributed around the world. Created with Maya and Golaem Crowd. Watch it on YouTube.

CLO Virtual Fashion has posted a new video showcasing work created with its cloth design and simulation software. Watch it on YouTube.

Ton Roosendaal has written an interesting report on his experience at this year's SIGGRAPH, discussing the increasing interest from the industry as the software matures and its user base grows significantly. He has also shared a PDF from the presentation he gave, which covers current and upcoming developments. More on Blender's website.

NVIDIA has shared Cataclysm, an R & D project to develop fluid systems capable of handling the scale required to flood a city for real-time applications - in this case Unreal Engine 4. The solver can simulate up to two million liquid particles in real time and achieves this using a custom FLIP based GPU solver in combination with with UE4's GPU Particles with Distance Field Collisions. Read more about the technology and get access to the code on NVIDIA's developer site.

Vimeo user Hagbarth, has posted an update video of his Nuke voxel renderer that he has been working on. Watch it on Vimeo.

VFX artist and TD Heribert Raab has been using Houdini to experiment with meshing fractals into real geometry, with some greatly aesthetic results. More on the OD|Force forum.