Hot visual patch summer: cables.gl adds character camera control, new physics, remote viewing

The free browser-based patching environment for visuals cables.gl has one hot summer update. New ray casting and the power to walk around and walk into walls.

EboSuite 2.0 hands-on: live video recording and more makes VJing feel native in Ableton Live

Ableton Live’s improvisatory clip- and device-based interface make the software feel like it could be as natural for visuals as it is for sound. But EboSuite 2.0’s plug-ins – some 54 of them – are the first that make the “V” side as complete as “A.”

Peter Kirn - May 20, 2022

Resolume 7.10 adds previews of slices as you work in Wire, Blend Modes menu

Resolume keeps plugging away at new features in their live visual / VJ tool. They went live from here in Europe this afternoon to show off what’s new in 7.10 – that’s seven-point-ten, in case you recall we just followed some new stuff from them.

Peter Kirn - March 11, 2022

vvvv worldwide meetup is tonight, with magical GPU and audio patching inbound

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2022

FUSE for vvvv is a visual revolution – free, always-runtime patching right on the GPU

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2021

A free, open-source collection of building blocks unlocks expressive motion in Houdini

Peter Kirn - August 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 brings fresh eye candy and patchable MetaSounds DSP

Peter Kirn - May 26, 2021

Real time visuals, no money spent: two great commercial tools

Ted Pallas - September 26, 2018

This light sculpture plays like an instrument, escaped from Tron

Peter Kirn - September 24, 2018

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