Technology

Brendan Iribe Joins Oculus

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Former Gaikai chief product officer and Scaleform CEO Brendan Iribe joins virtual reality technology developer Oculus.

Massive 5.0 Launches at SIGGRAPH

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Massive Software announces Massive 5.0 at SIGGRAPH 2012 in Los Angeles, and also announces the surprise 3DS Max Massive Plugin.

V-Ray Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

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A few hundred Chaos Group friends gathered together at Smog Shoppe to celebrate V-Ray’s 10th Anniversary

Scientists Adding '3D Print' Button to Animation Software

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A group of graphics experts led by computer scientists at Harvard have created an add-on software tool that translates video game characters into fully articulated action figures, with the help of a 3D printer.

Nice Gesture, But What Does It Mean?

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One step forward, two steps back. That’s how Don Norman describes today’s gesture-based user interfaces (UIs) for smartphones, tablets and a growing assortment of other devices.

SIGGRAPH 2012: Virtual Production Heats Up

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At the 39th SIGGRAPH conference in LA this week it was all about improving the virtual production workflow.

AMD Announces FirePro A300 APU

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AMD FirePro A300 series Accelerated Processors deliver performance and unbeatable value for entry-level and mainstream CAD and Media and Entertainment (M&E) design professionals.

Imagination Announces Caustic Visualizer Plug-In for Autodesk Maya

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Imagination Technologies announced its ground-breaking Caustic Visualizer viewport plug-in for Autodesk Maya 2013.

TeamUp Unveils Collaborative 3D Rendering Powered by Multi-Optics

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TeamUp announced its Multi-Optics renderer and real-time 3D collaboration.

Southpaw Launches Open Source TACTIC

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Southpaw Technology announced that it has released its technology under the Eclipse Public License, an OSI (Open Source Initiative) approved open source license.

Geomerics Announces Enlighten Upgrade

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Geomerics announced the release of a major upgrade to its award-winning Enlighten software.

Toon Boom Unveils Harmony 10

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Emmy Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. announced the release of Toon Boom Harmony 10 at SIGGRAPH 2012 in Los Angeles.

Poser Updates Miki, Adds Tyler

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Smith Micro Software Productivity and Graphics Group previewed the fourth edition of Poser’s most popular 3D figure, Miki and will unveil Tyler GND, the first male GND (Girl/Guy Next Door) from Poser artist Blackhearted, at the SIGGRAPH 2012 conference in Los Angeles, Calif.

AMD Launches New FirePro Line

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New AMD FirePro W9000, W8000, W7000 and W5000 Workstation Graphics Cards are optimized and certified for leading professional software applications to deliver exceptional graphics experiences to the workstation market.

Xsens Releases MVN Live Plug-in for Maya 2013

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Xsens, the creator of Xsens MVN, announced the release of the MVN Live Plug-in for Maya 2013.

Autodesk Helps Bring Arjun: The Warrior Prince to Life

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Indian animation and visual effects powerhouse Visual Computing Labs leveraged Digital Entertainment Creation software from Autodesk, Inc. to produce its second mainstream animated Bollywood film — “Arjun: The Warrior Prince”.

Lightworks Enthralls Crowds at SIGGRAPH

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Lightworks is currently exhibiting at the Siggraph computer graphics exhibition in Los Angeles, California.

Red Giant Announces Update to Knoll Light Factory

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Red Giant announced the release of Knoll Light Factory 3, the biggest update to the industry’s most advanced 3D lens flare system.

3D Systems Brings 3D Printing for Animation to SIGGRAPH 2012

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3D Systems Corporation is excited to showcase its entire portfolio of 3D content-to-print solutions.

Legend 3D Selects EMC

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Legend3D, the largest provider of 2D-to-3D media content conversions, has standardized on EMC Isilon scale-out storage for all of its visual entertainment assets.