Multi-product workflows and extreme 3D detail drive this year’s updates. By Kathleen Maher The entertainment industry is fundamentally changing. It has been for a long time but it’s become more obvious with several huge industry shifts in the game, movie, and TV industries. The content is changing and the way content is made is changing. Autodesk’s Carl Bass says that … [Read more...] about Autodesk expands Media and Entertainment Suites for 2013
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Exploring the best new technologies and innovative products at SolidWorks 2011
Two well-known engineering software industry analysts team up to rate the most promising new products on display at SolidWorks World 2011. By W. Bradley Holtz and L. Stephen Wolfe, P.E. There’s always lots of news at SolidWorks World. SolidWorks demonstrated improvements to its core CAD software that will appear in the 2012 release and introduced a new CEO. Third-party … [Read more...] about Exploring the best new technologies and innovative products at SolidWorks 2011
SolidWorks Decision Highlights Competitive Angst Between Luxology and Mental Images
The latest release of SolidWorks dumps PhotoWorks, based on Mental Images technology, for PhotoView 360, based on Luxology technology. Contributing Analyst Steve Wolfe thinks its getting personal between the two rendering experts. By L. Stephen Wolfe, P.E. Contributing Analyst [Editor's Note: Our complete review of SolidWorks 2011, also by Steve Wolfe, is "SolidWorks … [Read more...] about SolidWorks Decision Highlights Competitive Angst Between Luxology and Mental Images
SolidWorks Rolls Out 200+ New Features for 2011
Contributing Analyst Steve Wolfe sorts through the list and takes a close look at the most important features in the latest release of SolidWorks. By L. Stephen Wolfe, P.E. Contributing Analyst As is customary in the late summer, Dassault Systèmes’ SolidWorks division invited writers and analysts to headquarters to view the forthcoming release of its popular SolidWorks 3D … [Read more...] about SolidWorks Rolls Out 200+ New Features for 2011
Mental Images Teams with Penguin for Cloud Computing
Taking advantage of opportunities in the cloud is not easy for small companies and young startups. New systems arrive to level the playing field. For customers who haven't gotten around to installing that massive server farm, Penguin Computing has introduced Penguin on Demand, or POD. POD is built using Linux clusters with specialized hardware interconnects and software … [Read more...] about Mental Images Teams with Penguin for Cloud Computing
Bunkspeed Shot debuts as first Iray end-user application
by L. Stephen Wolfe P.E. On July 26, Bunkspeed released Shot, an application for making realistic renderings quickly. It’s the first end-user application of mental images Iray interactive realistic rendering technology. Mental images became a subsidiary of graphics-chip maker Nvidia in December 2007. Bunkspeed Shot offers the first example of the use of Iray in an … [Read more...] about Bunkspeed Shot debuts as first Iray end-user application
Luxion Reclaims Hypershot Technology
The advanced rendering software formerly known as Bunkspeed HyperShot is now—more or less—Luxion KeyShot. HyperShot is now Shot, but not shipping. mental images is involved, too. We sort it all out. March 12, 2010--In the last few months there has been a reshuffling of business and technology involving three players in photorealistic rendering. First, some bullet points, … [Read more...] about Luxion Reclaims Hypershot Technology