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NVIDIA’s Omniverse and Studio let you create 3D worlds together – and they’re free to use
It’s a simple pitch to Windows and Linux users: so long as you have a compatible RTX GPU to render, NVIDIA is going to throw an insane amount of stuff at you for free to create and collaborate. That landscape is growing – and it’s now out of beta.
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VR becomes a fluid medium, a music video you can play, more, in PatchXR Patchathon
Imagine VR not as passive experience, but as the ability to “play” all those immersive elements – from 3D forms and architectures to spatial sound – live like an instrument. That sums up what has made the Patchathon artist intensives with PatchXR so engaging. Here’s the newest work from late this year, made in just days by invited artists, live in VR.
MetaHumans and ray tracing, as Unreal powers The Matrix and MegaGrants
Let’s not get sucked into any mention of the “metaverse” – from the standpoint of pure graphics power on mere-mortal PCs, Unreal is one of the tools that is now seriously accessible for artists, even on a budget. And that’s worth celebrating, given it previously required getting a rare gig in a Hollywood VFX company.
The entire BlueLab plug-in line is now free, full of unique visualization and processing tools
Peter Kirn - November 18, 2021
Music tech Software Tech
NAP, a free, high-performance data-driven visual and audio platform, is now slicker than ever
Peter Kirn - October 15, 2021
Motion Music tech Software Tech
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