Having solved interoperability with AutoCAD files, ODA now aims to extend the value of the .dwg format. By Randall S. Newton What does a non-profit software development firm do when it succeeds beyond expectations? That question forms the background for this year’s Open Design Alliance Developers Conference, which concludes today in Prague. In his opening statement … [Read more...] about A new mission for the Open Design Alliance
Faceware debuts realtime facial capture in gaming
The highly anticipated Star Citizen will use Face Over Internet Protocol to animate game avatars. Faceware Technologies and Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) recently announced realtime 3D facial motion capture is coming to CIG's upcoming video game Star Citizen. This marks the first time that live facial tracking and rendering will be coming to the gaming world. Faceware's 'Face … [Read more...] about Faceware debuts realtime facial capture in gaming
Autodesk revenue continues to be a good news/bad news story
Conventional Metrics says second quarter results point to a third straight year of losses. New Metrics says things are great. New Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost reported his company’s financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 last week. There are two ways to tell this story; with Conventional Metrics (which we use) or New Metrics (which Anagnost used). Conventional … [Read more...] about Autodesk revenue continues to be a good news/bad news story
Massive Prime 9 extends power of crowd simulation
Newest iteration features a universal plugin and unique new creation tools. Crowd simulation specialist Massive Software unveiled the next version of Massive Prime at Siggraph 2017. Among many new simulation and rendering features, the new version includes a “universal plugin” that will allow for collaboration using almost any third-party rendering tool. Massive Prime is … [Read more...] about Massive Prime 9 extends power of crowd simulation
WorldViz unveils new virtual reality collaboration software
Vizible provides enterprise clients with a professional virtual meeting space. At Siggraph 2017, virtual reality (VR) was all the rage, with several interesting reveals and announcements. Among these were WorldViz's new VR collaboration software, Vizible. Vizible is targeted directly at the enterprise market, aiming to provide a detailed and easy-to-use VR collaboration … [Read more...] about WorldViz unveils new virtual reality collaboration software