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Customers are driving the next round of innovation

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Kathleen Maher

3D graphics have hit a tipping point. Vendors are reaching out to users to help drive innovation. By Kathleen Maher ...

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Autodesk “execution challenges” lead to flat second quarter, 500 layoffs

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Randall Newton

The company will continue to push its transition to cloud and mobile computing despite the setback. Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) today ...

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Sometimes Cloud Rendering means rendering clouds

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Kathleen Maher

Open source tools from major studios and commercial vendors are fueling graphics advances. One of the first technical sessions we ...

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The future is bright, shiny, and virtual

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Kathleen Maher

A roundup of new technology from Siggraph 2012. Not to sound too self-congratulato­ry, but the topic Jon Peddie Research chose ...

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Autodesk developing virtual production with James Cameron and Weta Digital

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Randall Newton

The goal is to commercialize the workflows behind Avatar and the Lord of the Rings series. Autodesk built the biggest ...

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Caustic brings interactive ray tracing to Maya

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Randall Newton

Caustic Visualizer allows high fidelity views at the earliest project stages. A Rhino version already exists and a 3ds Max ...

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New extensions for Maya and 3ds Max automate workflow

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Randall Newton

The new features are available to users on active subscription contracts. Autodesk says it will soon release new extensions for ...

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Ember allows volumetric data editing inside 3ds Max

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Randall Newton

Ember can edit voxel grids, fields, and point clouds from the inside out. Thinkbox Software will preview a new kind ...

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Autodesk Inventor Fusion for Mac debuts on the Mac App Store

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Randall Newton

Free direct modeling software requires Mountain Lion or later operating system. The latest version of Autodesk Inventor Fusion for Mac ...

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Autodesk to buy social video app Socialcam

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Randall Newton

The CAD leader continues to build a social media creative graphics platform piece by piece. Autodesk said today it will ...