SuperSplat 2.0 lets you create flythroughs of 3D Gaussian Splats
Free, open-source online tool for viewing and editing 3DGS data can now add camera animations to existing scans.
Monday, February 17th, 2025
VR
Check out free Android and iOS 3D scanning app RealityScan 1.6
Update to Epic Games' free app provides more control over scans, with the option to create 1-million-poly models with 8K textures.
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.19
Check out the latest features in the VR modeling app, including the new Assets workflow, Shell parameter, and updates to Mesh to Clay.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.18
Check out the new features in the virtual reality modeling software, including improvements to file export and primitives workflow.
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 1.7
Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Wild Robot.
Thursday, December 26th, 2024
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artists
Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
Leopoly releases Shapelab 2025 and Shapelab Lite
Check out the new features in the sculpting tool for VR and desktop systems, and its new lower-cost edition for Meta Quest 3 headsets.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2024
Unigine 2.19.1 can now import and export USD files
Game engine now imports meshes, materials, lights and animation in USD format, including in the free Community edition.
Monday, December 16th, 2024
Check out Substance 3D Modeler's new Primitives system
Updated for version 1.17: VR modeling software gets new non-destructive workflow for blocking out complex hard surface models.
Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
Chaos releases Vantage 2.6
Real-time ray tracing renderer for large V-Ray scenes gets support for the V-Ray Clipper and a new Water Surface object.
Saturday, October 26th, 2024
DeepMotion rolls out AI text-to-animation service SayMotion 2.4
Browser-based text-to-animation generative AI tool can now be used to create seamless animation cycles, and to retarget animation.
Saturday, October 12th, 2024
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 24.09
Sizeable update to the open-source game engine adds a new mobile render pipeline, and lets you create games without a C++ compiler.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
Shapelab 2024 lets you sculpt on desktop as well as in VR
Updated: the new desktop mode in Leopoly's promising digital sculpting app now supports stylus as well as mouse and keyboard.
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024