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Microsoft Research hosted its biennial D.C. TechFair
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23.05.2013 Microsoft Research hosted its biennial D.C. TechFair. World-class scientists from Microsoft Research demonstrated how new discoveries in computer science and information technology are not only enhancing Microsoft products but also helping to overcome some of society's biggest challenges. One of the research projects at the event literally brought a new dimension to the now-familiar touchscreen. Titled Actuated 3-D Display with Haptic Feedback, the project builds on the touch experience enabled on flat, 2D surfaces by introducing pressure sensitivity to enable interaction of 3D environments. Other demonstrations on display during the 2013 D.C. TechFair were s 3D surface-reconstruction technology Kinect Fusion; Real-Time, 3D Scene Capture and Reconstruction; or SketchInsight: Telling Stories with Data via Freeform Sketching. More here. [source]
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Microsoft unveils Xbox One
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22.05.2013 A new vision for the future of gaming comes to life as Microsoft Corp. unveils Xbox One , the all-in-one gaming and entertainment system created for today and the next generation. To create the most advanced Xbox system ever designed, Microsoft created a state-of-the-art gaming operating system and fused it with an equally powerful entertainment platform. An eight-core, x86 processor and more than 5 billion transistors helps make lag and load times a thing of the past, so users can instantly jump between a game and their entertainment at lightning speed or run a host of apps right alongside the game with no loss in performance. Xbox One will launch in markets around the world later this year. [source]
www.microsoft.com
Blender 2.67a with over 100 fixes
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22.05.2013 The Blender 2.67a update features over 100 bug fixes since the 2.67 release. Read a complete list of changes here. Download the new binaries for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux at blender.org. [source]
www.blender.org
Bamboo Loop: Wacom's new iOS app
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21.05.2013 Wacom announced Bamboo Loop, a new app for iPhone and iPod Touch. It combines principles of photo sharing and messaging in a unique way: digital, paper-like photocards are sent ("looped") to friends, family members and close colleagues. Unlike many apps in which a photo is added separately to a text message, in Bamboo Loop photos take centre stage and can be illustrated and personalised with the built-in editing tools. Sketch, scribble or write on the photo with the finger or a Bamboo Stylus (e.g. the Bamboo Stylus mini that can be attached to the jack of the iPhone), loop it back to the creator, send it on to someone new or share it with social networks. The app currently runs on iOS 5 and higher, and supports iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPod Touch 4, and iPod Touch 5. [source]
www.wacom.eu
Digital Tutors: Introduction to Maya 2014
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21.05.2013 Digital Tutors released a new Introduction to Maya 2014 tutorial for its subscribers. It contains over 10 hours of introductory training to get familiar with the latest release and learn about tools and techniques for modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, dynamics, lighting, rendering and more! [source]
www.digitaltutors.com
RE:Match for Nuke and Fusion released
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21.05.2013 RE:Vision Effects announced the initial release of RE:Match for 64-bit versions of The Foundry's Nuke (5.0 or later) and eyeon Fusion (5.2 and up). RE:Match takes intuitive color and texture matching to a whole new level by addressing common problems on multicam and stereo shoots. RE:Match is a set of plug-ins to match one view of video or film to another so that it looks as if it was shot with the same camera and settings. RE:Match assumes that both image sequences are taken roughly at the same location but perhaps were not shot at the same time or from the same point-of-view. RE:Match for OpenFX hosts Nuke and Fusion, is priced at $395 US, floating licenses are $592.50 US. Volume discounts available. [source]
www.revisionfx.com
Autodesk to acquire Tinkercad
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20.05.2013 Autodesk has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tinkercad, an easy-to-use browser-based 3D design tool. The addition of Tinkercad to Autodesk will help broaden the popular Autodesk 123D family of apps and supports Autodesk's vision to help anybody imagine, design and create anything. The acquisition will also revive the Tinkercad service and community, despite a previously announced shutdown by its founders and creators. [source]
www.autodesk.com
E-on software ships LumenRT 4.1 Studio
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20.05.2013 E-on software announced the availability of LumenRT 4.1 Studio, its comprehensive system for transforming 3D models and designs into rich, nature-filled videos, images and real-time immersive experiences. Version 4.1 adds several important improvements including enhanced support for exporting larger Bentley MicroStation models; new animated water materials; improved Revit export with more complete textures; export of point lights from Revit; and improved Mac OS X performance. LumenRT 4 Studio retails for $795 US for single user licenses with discounts available for multiple user and corporate licenses. The optional LumenRT Publisher retails for $995 US with discounts up to 90% for multiple user quantities. For Windows (XP, Vista, 7) and Mac OS X (10.6+). [source]
www.e-onsoftware.com
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Adobe Photoshop CC debuts at MAX
07.05.2013 At Adobe MAX, The Creativity Conference, Adobe announced Adobe Photoshop CC as part of a major update to Adobe Creative Cloud. Adobe's desktop apps, including Photoshop, were previously known as Creative Suite (CS), and will now be branded CC to reflect that they are an integral part of Creative Cloud. Photoshop CC will be available exclusively to Creative Cloud members, in June. This update combines Photoshop standard and Photoshop Extended features to deliver greater accessibility to 3D tools and image analysis, while Creative Cloud integration offers flexible collaboration and sharing capabilities. Photoshop CC brings a wide range of new features and enhancements, including advanced deblurring and sharpening technologies (Camera Shake Reduction, Smart Sharpen), new photo-editing capabilities (Adobe Camera Raw 8), improvements to rounded rectangles, and more. Photoshop CC also includes all the Photoshop feature innovations delivered exclusively to Creative Cloud members over the last year, including: Smart Object support for Blur Gallery and Liquify effects, Conditional Actions, and CSS support for faster web design. More information is available on the Photoshop.com Blog. [source]
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MODO 701: Trial version available
Get your hands on the latest release of MODO, Luxology's modeling, animation, and rendering software for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux systems (Linux version is currently in beta).
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Epic Games releases Epic Citadel on the web
Epic Games and Mozilla have continued a close collaboration first revealed during last month's Game Developers Conference to release the Epic Citadel demo on the Web running in HTML5.
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GenArts Sapphire 7 debuts at NAB 2013
GenArts released Sapphire 7, new version of its set of visual effects plug-ins for Autodesk, Avid, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Nuke, OpenFX, and Sony Vegas Pro platforms.
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Autodesk Smoke 2013 Extension 1
Autodesk announced Extension 1 for its professional video editing software for the Mac, Smoke 2013.
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E-on software ships LumenRT 4.1 Studio
E-on software announced the availability of LumenRT 4.
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Steinberg Cubase 7.0.4
Steinberg announced the availability of the Cubase 7.
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