animago Award invites creative professionals and young talents from all over the world to submit their work in the fields of 3D ANIMATION & STILLS, VISUAL EFFECTS and VISUALIZATION. Participation is free and projects can be sent in until 31 May 2017.

Till 26 February 2017 students and young professionals in design, architecture and engineering can register for 14th Techtextil Contest ‘Textile Structures for New Building 2017’ and win € 8,000.

Ultimate Unwrap 3D - UV mapping tool for unfolding and unwrapping 3D models - has released its version 3.50.22.

If you have ever faced the problem of purchased 3D-models mismatching the designs of your project, than probably you would be interested in the solution offered by CGPort. The team of the designers and 3d-artists came up with an idea of a try-before-buy service and created a virtual space where one can create a collage and see all the chosen 3d-models in one's own interior and check the styles, colors and proportions.

Some of the new features of VRay 3.5 for 3ds Max include ability to add VRayScene object node to import .vrscene files in 3ds Max, NVIDIA MDL support, V-Ray GPU enhancements, and reworked lens effects.

NVIDIA mental ray is seamlessly integrated into Autodesk Maya® and delivers all the functionality Maya users have come to rely on. Artists can now experience interactive viewport rendering and easy-to-use global illumination with substantial GPU-acceleration.

Anima2D, a popular skeletal animation software, will be available to the entire Unity developer community for free starting in January 2017

V-RayforC4D 3.4 was released in December 2016. It is seamlessly integrated and optimized for both CPUs and GPUs, using whatever an artist picks to deliver high-quality imagery and animation quickly, even when working with complex 3D scenes.

Oculus has released its Touch controller that allows sculpting and painting in VR.

PlantFactory is an innovative 3D vegetation modeling, animation, and rendering software developed for the CG, SFX, architecture and gaming communities.

Gravity Sketch, the first 3D creation tool designed for touch and gesture input, makes 3D design accessible for everybody left behind in the 2D world of pen and paper.

Lumion 7 easily transforms sterile walls and statues into realistic living surfaces with foliage, imperfections, and natural weathering.