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Kinect hack wizards vie for TechStars fame

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Randall Newton

Eleven start-ups are now using Microsoft office space and a $20,000 grant to take their amazing Kinect-based projects to the ...

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KeyShot update adds real-time environment editing

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Randall Newton

Luxion has also added a new metallic paint material, material templates, network rendering, and more. Hot on the heels of ...

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Nuvixa StagePresence uses Kinect to insert people into presentations

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Randall Newton

AMD has invested in this novel approach to telepresence, which allows a presenter to share screen space with pie charts ...

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Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Softimage

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Randall Newton

The popular physical-based render is now available as plug-ins to four DCC and two CAD products.   Rendering specialist Chaos ...

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Blockbuster release day for Luxology

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Randall Newton

New version of Modo and new CAD Loader extend Luxology’s reach in CAD-to-ad and 3D content creation. Luxology today releases ...

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NewTek ships LightWave 11

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Randall Newton

Improvements include the ability to create massive duplication, model realistic forms in flight, increased support for Bullet Dynamics, and new ...

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FireUser.com runs a tweetstakes

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Randall Newton

Express an opinion on Twitter about your use of a recent-model AMD FirePro graphics card and be entered for a ...

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3D laser map shows earthquake zone before and after

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GfxS staff

High-res LIDAR scans reveal previously undiscovered relationships between smaller faults. Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change ...

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Fabric Engine leverages the cloud for high-performance applications

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Kathleen Maher

Built to solve complex simultaneous uses of CPU and GPU for animation, Fabric Engine has the potential to solve knotty ...

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CoreCG introduces a pipeline between Mental Ray and Maya

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Randall Newton

MentalCore expedites the back-and-forth process of content creation and rendering. Several studios field-tested the product prior to release. When computer ...