Chaos Reveals Project Arena, Alternative to Game Engines for Virtual Production
The new toolset enables the moving of 3D scenes quickly from industry-standard creation tools onto LED screens without the slow data conversion process.
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Professional Handkey Animations for Toon Characters - Exclusive on ActorCore
A library of more than 500 handkey motions, including unique, stylized interactions and movements such as walk, talk, and run, lets animators easily add zest to 3D cartoon productions.
CoreWeave Releases New Native Blender Plug-In for Conductor
Plug-In offers CoreWeave users faster and easier rendering within creative environments, streamlining Conductor’s use with the open-source 3D software.
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Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max – Update 2
New MaterialX and USD Support, faster workflows, and V-Ray GPU updates and enhancements allow artists to complete their USD pipeline with smooth photoreal rendering across teams and tools in real-time.
‘Autodesk University 2023: The Design and Make Conference’ Free Digital Pass Available
Running November 13-15, the M&E-focused virtual event invites artists and creative professionals to learn about emerging technology, master cutting-edge techniques, and participate in live portfolio reviews – free!
NVIDIA Omniverse is Changing Filmmaking and Exxact is Helping It Happen
Three presenters at NVIDIA GTC, the conference for AI and the metaverse, talked about their adoption of real-time virtual production integrated with the technology giant’s end-to-end platform for building and operating 3D virtual worlds, a growing movement supported by Exxact Corporation, a Fremont, CA-based provider of high-performance computing solutions.
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Maxon Announces New Feature Updates
The summer heats up with enhanced Maxon One subscription offerings, including Jitter added to Redshift, MatCap Shader Node and Support for Maya on Mac, and Improved Trapcode Workflows.
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KitBash3D Launches Cargo 3D Asset and Software Integration Software
Innovative tool allows creators to easily search the company’s extensive model and materials library and seamlessly import assets into 3D content creation tools like Unreal Engine 5, Blender, and Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max.
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NVIDIA’s ‘Meet the Omnivore’ Highlights ‘Sickle Cell Priapism’ Short
California-based Elara Systems harnesses Adobe Substance 3D Painter, Maya, Unreal Engine and NVIDIA Omniverse, connecting 3D pipelines to create AI character-driven 3D medical animations that help raise public awareness through relatable storytelling.
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disguise Announces Platform Integration with NVIDIA Omniverse
The new collaboration allows artists to connect their preferred content creation tools in a unified production pipeline for faster, easier changes and enhanced content production, with a lower barrier of entry for accessing M&E workflows.
Supermicro Heralds the Future of Animation and VFX Production
Marketing Consultant Robert Moore shares his insights on how new high-performance, high-efficiency, NVIDIA GPU-based Supermicro servers optimized for NVIDIA Omniverse™ Enterprise, are enabling new paradigms of distributed, collaborative entertainment content production.
Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max – Update 1
Upgrade brings more artist/designer-friendly tools to the rendering solution; photorealistic ray tracer adds denoiser/lens making, cylindrical decal tools, and time-saving GPU enhancements.
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Exxact Corp. Works with NVIDIA to Support Omniverse Enterprise
The Fremont, CA-based provider of high-performance digital hardware helps bring real-time collaboration to a growing clientele.
NVIDIA Omniverse Beta Release Now Available
Major updates to core reference apps and tools offer increased speed, accessibility, and flexibility for collaborative workflows, making it easier for developers, creators, and novices to build metaverse applications.
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Chaos Launches Corona 9 Renderer for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
The updated renderer features a new Procedural Cloud System plus a slew of new tools to speed up the 3D design process.
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Autodesk Launches Pre-SIGGRAPH 2022 ‘Virtual Vision Series’
Tech giant offering 2-days of online sessions with presentations by WB Games Avalanche, Playground Games, Crafty Apes, IGNITE Animation Studios, Crater Studio, and Megalis VFX; registration is free and required to attend.
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Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max
Upgrade to leading rendering software features a new object scattering tool, procedural clouds, and more.
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Autodesk Invests in RADiCAL AI-Powered 3D Motion Capture Developer
Cloud-based technology automates 3D character and avatar animation by combining deep learning, human biomechanics, and CG to estimate, track, and reproduce skeletal joint rotations from a single video feed.
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RFX, NVIDIA, and Supermicro Herald the Future of Animation and VFX Production
RFX founder Ray Feeney and executive Prashant Buyyala explain how the RFX Virtual Studio with NVIDIA Omniverse™ Enterprise could change the world of M&E. This Virtual Studio is being made available for a two-week free trial for any interested creative team.
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Autodesk Debuts Next-Gen Updates Across Key 3D Tools
Updates to Maya, 3ds Max, Bifrost, and Arnold enhance the user experience, optimizing collaboration and data sharing within VFX and animation creative teams.
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BOXX to Feature New NVIDIA RTX GPUs in Workstations
Next gen technology accelerates GoBOXX SLM Laptop and APEXX Workstation performance; AI and ray-tracing enhancements optimize GPUs for media and entertainment as well as manufacturing and product design, architecture, engineering, and construction workflows.
How NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Impacts Remote Animation and VFX Workflows
New free White Paper from BOXX Technologies details how the platform is built to address the increasingly common and complex challenges faced by animation and VFX teams across the M&E space.
NVIDIA Releases Free Version of Omniverse for Individual Creators and Artists
The company’s real-time 3D design collaboration and simulation platform is now available to millions of NVIDIA GeForce Studio creators with RTX GPUs; new Omniverse Machinima and Omniverse Audio2Face platforms also revealed, as well as new platform features and 3D asset marketplaces.
BOXX Systems Now Offering NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise
Leading high-performance workstation, rendering and server system provider’s platforms, along with NVIDIA’s real-time simulation and collaboration platform for 3D production, now available to unite creative teams working remotely across the animation and VFX space.
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PLAYSENSE Expands to the Cloud with AWS
After doubling in size over the last year, creative CG studio continues to expand its cloud-based rendering pipeline to work on projects like ‘Wargaming’ cinematic trailers, ‘Wargaming Holiday Adventure,’ and ‘World of Tanks – Soul Hunter’ as well as titles for the upcoming RPG ‘Grime’ from Clover Bite.
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