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I found this hidden gem of an open-source graphics and animation tool — and I’m hooked

I found VPaint while stumbling around the internet recently. A new graphics tool, I thought. It seemed exciting to me. But I soon realized VPaint is actually an old graphics tool, left in its ...
Digital Production

Mesh2Motion Update 6 Adds Explore Library and Rebuilt Rigs

Mesh2Motion Update 6 adds an Explore Library, improved Blender-based rigs, and better deformation for its open-source web ...
Variety

AI Startup Cartwheel Raises $10 Million; Releases Its First Character Animation Tools (EXCLUSIVE)

AI animation startup Cartwheel announced that it raised $10 million in a new round of funding, while releasing to the public its first AI-driven 3D character animation tools. The new round of funding ...
PC Gamer

Nvidia's gen-AI facial animation tech is going open source, potentially making it much easier for game devs to turn real-time speech into convincing characters

Nvidia has announced that its Audio2Face animation technology is going open source. On paper, that should make it much easier for a wide range of game developers to create AI characters with ...
Reuters

Tencent expands AI push with open-source 3D generation tools

BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) - Tech giant Tencent (0700.HK), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled a suite of new artificial intelligence tools capable of converting text and images into 3D visuals in the ...
GamesIndustry

AI firm Uthana secures $4.3m to "revolutionize" 3D character animation with generative AI

Uthana has secured $4.3m to "revolutionize" 3D character animation with generative AI. The $4.3 million funding round was led by IA Ventures, with participation from A16Z Speedrun, Acequia Capital, ...