Meet FABtotum: 3D scanner, CNC mill and printer in one
Back the open-source fabricator on Indiegogo and put a mini factory on your desktop for under $1,000.
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Relive the highlights of last week with our pick of the best cinematics released at the giant games show.
View ArticleFuel3D: another promising low-cost 3D scanner
This one's based on photometry, not laser scanning, and the developer has a pedigree in facial imaging.
View ArticleVideo: Pixar’s new GPU-based lighting workflow
Cool tech video shows OptiX-based system preview sets from Monsters University in near-real time.
View ArticleAutodesk releases Maya LT for just $795
But new release is firmly aimed at indie game devs, not general users. Check out what's included in it here.
View ArticleUnity 4.3 to add new 2D tools and blendshape animation
And if that's not enough, there's a new markerless facial mocap plugin and the Unity Cloud program, too.
View ArticleHow to recreate Gollum with four consumer camcorders
Watch Fabrice Visserot's amazing homebrew mocap set-up recreate a key scene from The Two Towers.
View ArticleFrankie 2.0: like cineSync, but in your web browser
Cospective's new service puts its Academy Award-winning shot-review technology inside Chrome or Firefox.
View ArticleSouthpaw Technology moves Tactic to the cloud
Open-source asset-management system now available via Amazon Web Services marketplace.
View ArticleLiquid Dream Solutions ships ButterflyNetRender 5.0
Versatile network render controller gets core architecture, Lua scripting, option to view jobs via web browser.
View ArticleEye candy: Chaos Group’s 2013 V-Ray showreels
There are - count 'em - four of them, from advertising to automotive work, and they're all absolutely gorgeous.
View ArticleProject Dogwaffle team announces Howler 9
VFX-friendly digital paint package adds GI render engine, side-by-side filter display, Linux support via Wine.
View ArticleEye candy: RealtimeUK’s War Thunder ‘Heroes’ teaser
Russian aerial combat MMO gets unexpectedly great trailer courtesy of UK cinematics stars.
View ArticleMaxon ships Cinema 4D R15
Updated and now shipping: New release features better GI, AO and network rendering - and even architectural grass.
View ArticleV-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Find out what Chaos Group told us about its features, V-Ray Cloud, and the birth of final-frame GPU rendering.
View ArticleAbvent releases Artlantis 5
Architectural renderer gets new UI, material catalog and preview options, plus tools to build VR objects.
View ArticleLagoa launches Lagoa 1.5
Cloud render platform adds physical sky, background rendering, option to embed scenes in web pages.
View Article10 questions for… ILM’s Ryan Calloway
The creature artist and veteran of Rango and Pacific Rim runs our gauntlet of tech and career questions.
View ArticleSneak peek: Raylight’s XrayCat 1.5 for Max
Updated and now shipping: 3ds Max animation toolkit gets new Pose Manager, better joystick controllers.
View ArticleRicoh launches $399 spherical panorama camera
The Theta captures 360-degree images in a single click - but is the quality good enough for CG pros?
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