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Virtual Reality through the screen door

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Jon Peddie

Overhyped and underperforming, consumer VR still suffers from latency and gaps in the display. By Jon Peddie I’m seeing more ...

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X-Rite Pantone introduces Virtual Light Booth

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Randall Newton

Designers can create digital renderings of real-world objects with precise capture of lighting and color. X-Rite Pantone recently introduced its ...

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HP Z2 Mini shakes up workstation market

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GfxS staff

Alex Herrera calls this newest small form factor workstation capable and ridiculously small.   Last quarter, HP unveiled the Z2 ...

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Artlantis gains network rendering

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Randall Newton

Improvements to the Twinmotion feature aid rendering of environmental elements. An update to 3D architectural rendering software Artlantis from Abvent ...

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Substance Designer 6 expands the digital materials palette

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Randall Newton

Quickly becoming an industry standard, the new version offers improved texturing tools and a dynamic text mode. Already a staple ...

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Boxx introduces new compact CAD workstation

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Randall Newton

The new Apexx 1 1402 packs the latest i7 processing power into a surprisingly bite-sized package. Boxx Technologies recently introduced ...

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V-Ray updates Nuke plug-in

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Randall Newton

Chaos Group adds a new set of tools to aid artists in the creation of realistic volumetric effects. Chaos Group ...

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High-end CAD features have migrated to low-price CAD

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GfxS staff

TurboCAD and BricsCAD are rewriting the notion that it takes a $5,000 CAD program to do specialized tasks.   By ...

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Intel places $15 billion bet on computer vision

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Randall Newton

Jerusalem-based Mobileye has emerged as a leader in computer vision for transportation; now it will be part of Intel. Intel ...

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The magic of design on display at SolidWorks World 2017

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GfxS staff

The maker of the most popular 3D mechanical design software believes design automation will move from “design and validate” to ...