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Facerig avatar maker now available via Steam

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Kathleen Maher

Crowdfunding on Indiegogo was $200,000 above the goal. Holotech Studios of Bucharest, Romania, has been building Facerig, a new toy ...

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Trimble acquires Gehry Technologies

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Randall Newton

Dassault Systèmes and Autodesk invested in the advanced 3D construction documentation technology, but Trimble is better positioned to move it ...

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SPECapc releases new 3ds Max 2015 benchmark, outlines future

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Randall Newton

How to test virtual workstation performance is one of the key issues facing this industry non-profit. At Siggraph SPEC’s Application ...

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Matrox chooses AMD for next-generation multi-display graphics cards

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Randall Newton

Matrox makes display boards capable of supporting eight or more monitors, but hasn’t been a player in consumer or general-purpose enterprise ...

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Lenovo intros new transformer workstations

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GfxS staff

The new ThinkStation update takes toolless to a new level. Lenovo came to Siggraph with a fleet of slick-looking new ...

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Khronos gets major wins; lays groundwork for further advance

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GfxS staff

Now that Microsoft is on board with OpenGL, the browser as software platform can really take off. Siggraph represented a ...

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New AMD FirePro models debut

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Jon Peddie

4K display outputs now included on all workstation-class boards. At Siggraph AMD unveiled new additions to the FirePro professional graphics ...

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Bypassing animation complexity

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Randall Newton

Akeytsu from French start-up Nukeygara provides only the necessary features for 3D character rigging and motion; “our clients are creatives, ...

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Teradici is everyone’s friend

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GfxS staff

Film studios and computer vendors want to extend their remote computing. Siggraph was an important show for Teradici. Their PCoIP ...

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AMD introduces new ray tracing technology

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Jon Peddie

With 47 ray tracing products on the market, where will it fit in? By Jon Peddie Ray tracing (RT) is ...