The Substance brand gives Adobe considerably more reach. The wishlist for the Substance development team at Adobe is deep and long, but, since its acquisition, they’ve been ticking requests off the list. The latest updates include the long-awaited Blender plug-in for Substance and also a Blender plug-in for Mixamo. The Substance plug-in enables users to access and edit … [Read more...] about Adobe cuddles up with Blender with new plug-ins for Substance and Mixamo
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Unreal buys Sketchfab
Sketchfab was founded in 2012 by Cédric Pinson, Alban Denoyel, and Pierre-Antoine Passet in Paris. They said they founded the company because they wanted to solve the huge challenge of 3D content creation: the difficulty of creating 3D models. The community of content creators and buyers has grown to 5 million. Sketchfab says they introduced the first web-based 3D player. … [Read more...] about Unreal buys Sketchfab
Khronos releases new PBR material extensions for better 3D asset visual realism
The Khronos Group has released the latest set of Physically Based Rendering (PBR) material extensions for glTF, a royalty-free format for the efficient transmission and loading of 3D scenes and models by engines and applications. The new extensions supporting refraction, color attenuation, and volumetric properties are built on the existing PBR capabilities of glTF 2.0. The new … [Read more...] about Khronos releases new PBR material extensions for better 3D asset visual realism
Kubotek offers CAD viewer for MBD
Between 2D and 3D, there is MBD, which enables access to design information. It’s been a while since we wrote about Kubotek, makers of KeyCreator and utilities for manufacturing. It’s a venerable company with long experience in 2D and 3D. These days, the company has built its expertise around 3D design, data exchange, and model-based design (MBE). The company has … [Read more...] about Kubotek offers CAD viewer for MBD
Adobe unveils new 3D content creation tools
Taking a different approach to 3D content creation. Adobe has been stockpiling 3D software technology and tricks for a long time—forever almost if you count the 3D capabilities that are gradually but continuously integrated into the company’s bread and butter products—like Photoshop and Illustrator. In recent years, the pace of the stockpiling picked up with the … [Read more...] about Adobe unveils new 3D content creation tools
Khronos 3D Viewer Program
I’d like that red chair, please. Khronos announced their 3D Commerce Viewer Certification Program. 3D viewers are software engines that enable users to display and interact with 3D models. Viewers are used by retailers, social media sites, and brands to create experiences on e-commerce storefronts, search engines, ad platforms, and in native … [Read more...] about Khronos 3D Viewer Program
Epic buys ArtStation
Both Epic and Unity are building their content stores but Epic is also building community. In April, the company acquired ArtStation and its parent company Ballistiq. The site not only sells content but it also offers instruction and gives people a resource for displaying their portfolio as a personal website. As in the case of Sketchfab, Epic announced that it would be … [Read more...] about Epic buys ArtStation
Greyscalegorilla transitions to subscription
Service gives 3D digital artists an all-you-can-eat option on a per-month or annual basis. Greyscalegorilla has added a subscription level for large and growing catalog of content and training. The company, founded by Nick Campbell as a resource for content creators, has been growing the amount of available content to the point that customers could wind up spending … [Read more...] about Greyscalegorilla transitions to subscription
Rebranded Chaos releases V-Ray products updates and 3D content app
Chaos Cosmos, V-Ray 5 for Revit, and V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max, update 1 are the latest applications in Chaos' visualization ecosystem. “You can’t call a company Chaos and then be a quiet brand.” That’s what Peter Mitev, Chaos CEO, said recently in a keynote on realtime and sharing the vision for the future of Chaos. Mitev announced that Chaos Group has been rebranded as ‘Chaos.’ He … [Read more...] about Rebranded Chaos releases V-Ray products updates and 3D content app
Lidar for everyone
Didn’t it seem like we’d all be measuring playing fields, creating 3D objects, and making virtual 3D playgrounds out of our living rooms by now? Phones have 3D sensors, and now Apple has added Lidar, so why can’t we have these things? It’s here now and looks like a trend that will be happening in 2021. TikTok symbolically kicked it off with a New Year’s Eve Lens, but they … [Read more...] about Lidar for everyone