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Turning trucks into emergency vehicles with 3D technology

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Randall Newton

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

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Randall Newton

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

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Randall Newton

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

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Randall Newton

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

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Randall Newton

Gaming continues as the wind in the graphics industry sails. Global demand for GPUs increased in the fourth quarter of ...

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Dassault’s 3D Experience Lab

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Kathleen Maher

Dassault 's 3D Experience Lab is designed to help build new design and manufacture ecosystems from the ground up using start-up power.

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Atomic Fiction cloud rendering spinoff lands venture funding

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Randall Newton

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

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Randall Newton

A new algorithm for dealing with complex lighting improves render time. Chaos Group has released a major update to V-Ray ...

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ProtoTech WebGL Revit Exporter adds Virtual Reality option

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Randall Newton

VR imagery is designed for smartphone-style VR display. CAD enhancement specialist ProtoTech has updated its WebGL exporter for Autodesk Revit ...

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Carl Bass steps down as Autodesk CEO

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Randall Newton

A transition team is in place, with two senior vice presidents sharing interim leadership responsibilities. Two activist shareholders will leave ...