I am attending this years Siggraph in San Diego in the beginning of August. It feels like ages since I last attended Siggraph in Los Angeles in 2005. I am especially looking forward to the papers, panels, emerging technologies and the exhibitions.
Last years focus was much on optimizing the technical platforms of the 3D packages [...]

The beauty of physics
I have previously expressed my admiration for Autodesk’s principal scientists Jos Stam and Duncan Brinsmead. Now you can see the beauty of their work in their presentation of the new and revolutionary dynamic framework for Maya: Nucleus. I think this is well worth seeing even if you are not into Maya or [...]

It was recently announced that Maya 8.5 has been released as a universal binary with great new dynamic features by Jos Stam.
I am glad it appears that it was not right to doubt Autodesk’s commitment to Maya and the Macintosh.
A quick benchmark test comparing a single frame from the same scene rendered with Maya 8.0 [...]

Maya users have been quite nervous about the package’s future since Autodesk acquired Alias last year. Maya 8 has now been released at the Autodesk Siggraph User Group Event as expected, but the release did not meet the users’ expectations.
Recent version history
Maya 6.5 was met with much the same disappointment as Maya 8.0, but is [...]

After Autodesk acquired Alias this winter, many Maya users have been expressing concern about Maya’s future. I asked an Autodesk employee about this, and he said: “..you will see from the future releases that our dedication to the product is unwavering”.
So, what can we expect?
New releases are usually announced at Siggraph, and I [...]