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VRLA bigger than ever

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Jon Peddie

One of the first commercial VR conferences, VRLA is a leading forum for new ideas and applications. VR LA started ...

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Shapr3D offers iPad Pro-only 3D CAD

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Amina Saeed

Intended for early design work, Shapr3D supports common 3D export formats. Don’t expect Android anytime soon. Shapr3D is gaining attention ...

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Sequoia update doubles speed

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Randall Newton

The stand-alone point cloud meshing software also now support Linux and several new data formats. Thinkbox Software has released an ...

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Formlabs raises $35 million in venture capital B round

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Randall Newton

Autodesk contributes to the funding and will engage in strategic collaboration with the start-up 3D printer maker. Start-up 3D printing ...

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The pirate rule of success at Allegorithmic

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Randall Newton

Substance Painter is finding a home in the vast majority of AAA game studios, and with those who aren’t ready ...

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Autodesk moves from Suites to Collections

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Randall Newton

A complicated go-to-market strategy is replaced by a single set of primary products for each industry Autodesk serves. Autodesk has ...

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Dassault Systèmes revenues soft in second quarter

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Kathleen Maher

There was modest growth in Europe and North America, but Asia/Pacific was disappointing. Services revenue was also down. Dassault Systèmes ...

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Nvidia takes over Mental Ray development

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Kathleen Maher

With Autodesk adding the Arnold render to Maya, Nvidia pledges to maintain Mental Ray for its shared customers.  This year at ...

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AMD gives advanced rendering software to developers

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Jon Peddie

Radeon ProRender released to open source. Several CAD and DCC plug-ins are already available.   By Jon Peddie At Siggraph, ...

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Moving game engines onto center stage

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Randall Newton

Creators and technologists see game engine technology driving new creative options. Originally developed as a software framework for creation and ...