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Q&A: VFX Supervisor Boyd Shermis
From Speed and Swordfish to Fear the Walking Dead, a top VFX supervisor stays connected to a global team with ...
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Arnold earns an Academy SciTech award
The “brute force” renderer has been used a wide variety of films. The Arnold renderer, published by the recently acquired ...
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EnvisioneerVR extends immersive home design views
New Google Cardboard app complements existing Oculus and Vive displays. Home design software developer Cadsoft has added a virtual reality ...
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Turning trucks into emergency vehicles with 3D technology
A SmartTech 3D scanner and Geomagic Design X help a small Polish manufacturer customize 100 vehicles a year. Too often ...
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Graphics add-in boards up 21% in fourth quarter
Demand for more powerful graphics processing continues to rise even as PC sales continue to drop. Shipment of graphics add-in ...
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Tech Soft 3D optimizes HOOPS line of development platforms for Native and Web
The toolmaker for 3D technical applications is riding the wave of WebGL and simultaneous app development. 3D technology development ...
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Redshift renderer releases integration for Houdini
The biased, GPU-based renderer counts several well-known animation studios among its customers. Redshift Rendering Technologies has released an integration to ...
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GPU demand increases in fourth quarter
Gaming continues as the wind in the graphics industry sails. Global demand for GPUs increased in the fourth quarter of ...
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Atomic Fiction cloud rendering spinoff lands venture funding
Autodesk and Walden Venture Capital are named participants; the amount of funding was undisclosed. Cloud rendering startup Conductor Technologies has ...
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V-Ray for 3ds Max update renders up to seven times faster
A new algorithm for dealing with complex lighting improves render time. Chaos Group has released a major update to V-Ray ...