Innovation takes center stage at Adobe Sneaks
Wear a one-of-a-kind dress, edit that ex out of the family portrait, or even make your subject multi-, multilingual.
Adobe has more plans for 3D, lots more
Why limit itself and its users to 2D?
Famous graphics chips—1999 Imagination Technologies’ Kyro
Almost the first GPU.
Nvidia, the AI company
Making 3D from 2D is impossible, right? Not if you have enough of them!
Where would we be—without 3D?
It’s time to celebrate what 3D means to you and me.
Increasing your confidence level
XR/AR/VR technologies provide an ROI experience for users.
The future of 3D: Metaverse
There is no metaverse—there will never be a metaverse. There are dozens of metaverses and soon probably hundreds. Which view you hold depends on the definition of what a metaverse is, and we repeat: There is no definition—there are several definitions. Where everyone and everything can interact seamlessly across physical and virtual worlds. The concept of a metaverse is developing, … Read more
The new 3D graphics pipeline
Who loses and who gains when consumers get access to vast libraries of content for a minimum monthly fee or because they are willing to put up with ads? I
Dassault announces year end results for 2021
As this is being written, Dassault is spelling out its plans for the future during 3DExperience World 2022. The company says it is poised for a new period of growth as it aligns its major product lines including Industrial Innovation (such as Catia and Enovia), Mainstream Innovation (Solidworks and Centric), and Life Sciences (Medidata and Biovia). Dassault has had its … Read more
Shaper updates round out modeling front end
Shapr3D as added new features for documentation, lofting, text, and Windows support. (Source: Shapr3D) Shapr3D, an ambitious company based in Budapest, Hungary, and founded in 2015 by István Csanády. The company and its 3D modeling tool have ground rapidly, relentlessly adding on features to enable their product to compete head-to-head with the established leaders who have been rapidly iterating … Read more
Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine goes open source
New Open 3D Foundation is launching with over 20 founding members, including Adobe, AWS, Huawei, Niantic, and Red Hat, to accelerate developer collaboration on 3D engine development for AAA games and high-fidelity simulations.
Kubotek offers CAD viewer for MBD
Kubotek’s version of MBE crosses the divide between 2D and 3D. It enables users to add dimensions and PMI (product manufacturing information) to create 3D models that combine the best of 2D and 3D. It’s been a while since we wrote about Kubotek, makers of KeyCreator and utilities for manufacturing. It’s a venerable company with long experience in 2D … Read more