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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 ...

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Pixar releases Universal Scene Description to open source

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Randall Newton

USD simplifies 3D data exchange within digital content workflows; includes Hydra previewer. Pixar Animation Studios has released its Universal Scene ...

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Studio collaboration platform Shotgun improves Cuts management

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Randall Newton

New features bring editorial cut data into the review process. The latest update to studio collaboration platform Shotgun introduces editorial ...

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Massive releases AI-controlled crowd simulator for 3ds Max

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Randall Newton

Each character in a crowd scene is an autonomous agent. Massive, the specialist in crowd simulation software, today announces a ...

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Game industry leader Tim Sweeney to receive Jon Peddie Technology Advancement Award at Siggraph 2016

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GfxS staff

The founder and current CEO of Epic Games “has led the trajectory of the game industry.” Jon Peddie Research (JPR) ...

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Reviewing the EVGA GTX 1070

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GfxS staff

Nvidia Pascal technology in the (literally) coolest board. By Robert Dow The Performance segment graphics add-in boards featuring Nvidia’s new ...

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The Foundry ports Katana to Windows

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Randall Newton

The popular look-and-lighting tool also adds new support for Renderman, V-Ray, Arnold, and 3Delight.   The Foundry’s popular professional look ...

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Reviewing HP ZBook Studio G3 mobile workstation

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GfxS staff

An elite 15’-inch model designed to lure MacBook Pro users in media and entertainment. By Alex Herrera As 2015 came ...