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Major content creation players dominate Siggraph

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Kathleen Maher

Introductions from The Foundry, Autodesk, and Pixar set the agenda. The content creation companies at Siggraph this year had simple ...

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Putting pieces together at Siggraph 2015

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Kathleen Maher

  Competitors come together at the JPR luncheon with standards and cooperation at customers’ behest.  By Kathleen Maher   Siggraph ...

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AMD’s R9 Nano arrives and lives up to the hype

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Kathleen Maher

Introduced at E3 the AMD Radeon R9 Nano graphics board is well worth the wait. JPR testing shows the Radeon stacking up well against similar products.

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Feeding the Matrix: Banjo puts the world’s photos to work

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Kathleen Maher

Companies are sucking up data and using it to find out everything they can about whatever it is they care about. So far, it's been a way one deal: data flows from us and into the monster maw of enterprise servers. Banjo has it both ways.

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Stingray swims into view at Cologne GDC

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Kathleen Maher

Autodesk is ready to roll with new Stingray game engine that enables game developers and architects to create interactive content using Autodesk and industry standard tools

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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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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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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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Free beta for Akeygara, rigging and animating tool

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Kathleen Maher

Game development veterans take on development tool market with new company, Nukeygara. Their first tool, Akeytsu, is available as a free Beta.

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Zombies stalk E3 and VR haunts the game industry

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Kathleen Maher

Game developers Starbreeze are rethinking gaming with their VR headset the StarVR. The company is building immersive games with a kick.