The game engine giants are building huge portfolios of tools and content for their customers. They are acquisition machines. Over the years, Speedtree has created a large library of trees and foliage that users can import into the game engines and lightly modify for season, lighting, etc. The company says it will honor customer subscriptions and is not revealing any … [Read more...] about Unity growing with trees and vegetation tools from Speedtree
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Latest round of Epic MegaGrants reward imagination and real-world connection
MegaGrants program has awarded $42 million of $100 million to more than 600 recipients. The latest batch of winners in Epic’s ongoing MegaGrants program includes games, a couple of which break the mold but most intriguingly technology companies that are pushing on the walls of game engine technology to expand where games and game engines haven’t gone before and that of course … [Read more...] about Latest round of Epic MegaGrants reward imagination and real-world connection
Unity at GDC
Keep up and stepping out Unity came to GDC fighting the perception it’s riding back seat to Epic’s position in the shotgun seat. The company made some progress during this year’s over 2-hour long keynote—not that Unity ever admits for a moment it’s chasing Unreal and, in fact, there’s much to argue that Unity has built a good position on its own turf, which has been in … [Read more...] about Unity at GDC
Epic builds out its portfolio
Acquisitions over the last year add cloud power, scripting, back end management, and virtual production. The game engine giants, Unreal and Unity are gathering in capabilities to make their platforms more powerful and attractive for users. Epic, having grown fat on Fortnite, has made several significant purchases for its Unreal Engine over the last 12 months or so. The company … [Read more...] about Epic builds out its portfolio
Autodesk kills game middleware line
Users are being offered access to source code and limited support until maintenance contracts end. Stingray game engine offers equivalent capabilities in a streamlined workflow. Autodesk has given the axe to four game development products as part of its continuing company-wide product line consolidation. While the specific products are at end-of-life, the technologies are … [Read more...] about Autodesk kills game middleware line
Autodesk scoops up 3D point cloud innovator Alice Labs
Studio Clouds edits point clouds for use in 3ds Max and Maya and displays with game engine speed. Everyone is being tight-lipped about the deal. Autodesk made a stealth acquisition today, scooping up Netherlands-based Alice Labs. The small team, closely related to ongoing research at technical universities in Delft, Netherlands and Ghent, Belgium, has previously released … [Read more...] about Autodesk scoops up 3D point cloud innovator Alice Labs