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animago AWARD: winners of 2018

The winners of the animago AWARD – an internationally renowned competition for 3D animation and still, visual effects, visualization and VR/AR/360° – were awarded their trophies on October 25th in Munich. The show was attended by 500 guests and took place for the third time at the Gasteig Centre.

NVIDIA Mental Ray discontinued

Starting from 20 November 2017 NVIDIA will no longer offer new subscriptions to the Mental Ray plugins for Maya and 3ds Max, as well as Mental Ray Standalone.

Blender 2026 Roadmap: What’s Coming Next

On February 3rd, the Blender Foundation shared an overview of its development plans for 2026, outlining a roadmap that spans the entire year. The plan is structured around three major releases scheduled between March and November, combining new features with continued refinement of existing systems.

Unity 7 Roadmap Announcement

During the Unite Seoul conference held on July 21, Unity Technologies officially revealed the roadmap for Unity 7, the next major generation of its game engine. The upcoming version focuses on performance improvements, new technologies and a more connected development ecosystem, while maintaining continuity with existing workflows. The company plans to introduce architectural improvements and new features while reducing the need for major migrations for developers. The first beta release is expected in December 2026, followed by the official launch planned for the first quarter of 2027.

OCTANERENDER 3 AND CLOUD LAUNCH

OTOY announces availability of OctaneRender 3 and OctaneRender Cloud.

Autodesk Maya 2019

Autodesk has released Maya 2019 update with performance improvements, Cashed Playback for faster animations, Viewport 2.0 and other features based on user requests.

D5 Render 3.1 Released: Real-Time Visualization for Design Process

D5 Render 3.1 introduces Interactive Presentation for live design reviews, expands D5 Lite to Revit and Rhino, and delivers new rendering and VR enhancements. The release reflects a growing shift towards real-time visualization as an integral part of the architectural design workflow.

New Features in Enscape ArchDesign

With its latest updates, Chaos is working toward a more seamless workflow across all phases of a design project using Enscape, its real-time rendering engine. From early design ideas to final visualization, the goal is to help designers present their concepts more effectively while integrating AI tools into the workflow.

PHOTOSHOP CC NEW 3D FEATURES

Last Friday at the 3D Printshow in New York Adobe demonstrated three new features that will be available for 3D and 3D Printing in a future version of Photoshop CC.

Autodesk Maya 2018

Autodesk has released Maya 2018 with major workflow improvements and new features.

Pico Goblin all-in-one VR headset

This August Pico Interactive released an innovative all-in-one virtual reality headset, Pico Goblin. Initially, it was on sale on the USA and China markets and recently became available for the European users as well. We had an opportunity to test and to work with the Pico dev-kit and it's impressive.