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Lumatix Atrium Designer 2012 offers global illumination previews in milliseconds

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Randall Newton

As 3D modeling software has matured, most of the emphasis on visualization quality has gone to the final rendering. But ...

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The godfather of pixels prepares for bankruptcy

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Randall Newton

Kodak tried and tried to reinvent itself in the digital age, but continues to slide into irrelevance. Selling off the ...

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GrabCAD nabs $4 million in Series A funding round

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Randall Newton

The same investors who participated in the 2011 seed round are back. Downloads have topped 1 million. Engineering collaboration community ...

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IMSI/Design updates free TurboViewer

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Randall Newton

The only iPad CAD viewer that supported 3D DWG now adds SHX and TrueType font support.  IMSI/Design has released version ...

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Lenovo hiring to beef up workstation segment

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Randall Newton

Lenovo built its workstation business from scratch after taking over IBM’s PC business, and is now taking market share from ...

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Mashup 2.0: A new paradigm for professional graphics in 2012

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Randall Newton

It is time to rethink how we think about the future of graphics-based technologies. We are in transition from the ...

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Adobe posts a record year in 2011

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Kathleen Maher

Subscription plans are in place, the cloud is growing, and new software is in the pipeline. Adobe is set to ...

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The Nvidia Jen-Hsun Huang roadshow visits China

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Kathleen Maher

Nvidia takes the message of supercomputing on the desktop to the world’s hungriest market for advanced technology. Kathleen Maher reports ...

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Graphics is the common language at Siggraph Asia

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Kathleen Maher

Cutting-edge research replaced movie magic as the largest draw. JPR’s Kathleen Maher reports from Hong Kong. By Kathleen Maher Attendance ...

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Zwsoft licenses Lightworks technology

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Randall Newton

The leading Chinese CAD vendor will use Lightworks Artisan to add 3D photorealistic rendering to its software in 2012. Chinese ...