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Universal Scene Description's HgiVulkan backend is intended to make Vulkan a 'more compelling option' for tools developers.

Neat open-source tool lets you crop and clean up 3DGS scan data in a standard web browser. Source code is available under an MIT license.

Detailed free dataset based on NASA imagery can be used with Cesium's open-source plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine.

Master UV work for games, VFX and motion graphics with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introduction to Maya's UV tools.

Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts Mixamo-compatible hand motion from live video. Available with free subscriptions.

Get an open-source version of the geometry for a real AAA game map as a resource for game art, pipeline testing and tools development.

Future releases of the open-source 3D software will also come pre-configured with a remote library of CC0 brushes, materials and meshes.

Machina Fractals: Essence, Machina Fractals: Mecha and new plugin Machina Fractals: Ultima create amazing real-time 3D forms.

Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organised library of 2D and 3D assets. Check out the new features in Das Element 2.1.

Maya crowd simulation software is no longer on sale, but its core IP will be integrated into 'Autodesk's current product offerings'.

Cost of Cinema 4D, ZBrush and Red Giant subscriptions to rise next month, but pricing for Redshift largely unaffected.

Build CG cities by dragging and dropping nodes with the procedural city-generation software's new Visual CGA Editor.

Discover how to create compelling images in The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass from Crystal Dynamics Art Director Abe Taraky.

Check out the new features in this unexpected quality-of-life update to the character animation and mocap editing software.

Perpetual anima Pro licenses and sales of individual metropoly 3D stock characters discontinued in favor of anima All subscriptions.

Check out the new features in the real-time visualization software, including the Chaos AI Enhancer for adding detail to images.

Material authoring software gets new color-manipulation nodes for stylizing images and generating color palettes and ID maps.

3D modeling and animation software gets support for SVG files and a new Flow Retopology plugin for cloud-based workflow.

Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.

Studying at a school or college? Grab a free perpetual license of the desktop and VR sculpting software, normally priced at $69.99.