Month: July 2015

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Major Lytro Desktop update improves image editing

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Randall Newton

Light field photos offer so much more data, making them tricky to work with under older paradigms. Lytro has introduced ...

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Building a better mouse for creatives

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Kathleen Maher

Designer rethinks the human-computer interface with a two-handed approach Ming Kong, a graduate of the Royal College of Art, presented ...

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Siggraph releases lineup for popular production sessions

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Randall Newton

Insider conversations include Interstellar, Jurassic World, Ant-Man, and Tomorrowland. Industrial Light and Magic will celebrate 40 years with a special ...

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Teigha update adds graphics caching

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Randall Newton

The latest update to the Open Design Alliance development platform also adds performance improvement to their new cloud technology. The ...

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Interactive graphics breakthroughs highlight Siggraph 2015 Emerging Technologies

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Randall Newton

The theme of “Work and Play,Technology that Improves Daily Lives” pushes the boundaries from what graphics do today to what ...

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Autodesk puts 123D products on Windows mobile devices

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Randall Newton

The free apps let Windows phone and tablet users join the 123D community. Autodesk is extending its 123D family of ...

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Bentley Systems takes first steps to IPO … again

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Kathleen Maher

Timing is everything and Bentley Systems finds itself well positioned to take the step from private, family run company to public.

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Speed increases ripple through Enlighten dot-update

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Randall Newton

Tweaks throughout the production process make this real-time global illumination engine run faster. A dot-update to global real-time illumination engine ...

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The 3MF format pulls ahead with important new members

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Kathleen Maher

The 3MF consortium has reached an important milestone with the participation of key members including 3D Systems, Stratasys, Siemens PLM, SLM Solutions, and Materialise. Meanwhile, Microsoft has figured out a new way to do standards with the Joint Development Foundation.

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Adding cloud to the Windows render farm

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Randall Newton

Thinkbox Deadline adds one-click access to Microsoft Azure New templates from Thinkbox Software allow its render-and-compute management software Deadline to ...