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14 Jun 2022

Verge3D 4.0 for Blender Released

AnnouncementsApp Manager, augmented reality, Blender, demo, documentation, glTF, Puzzles, releases, texture compression, Verge3D, virtual reality, VR, WebGL, WebXR

We are proud to announce the release of Verge3D 4.0, the next major version of the artist-friendly toolkit for creating 3D web interactives! This is a huge update, with tons of new features and complete overhaul of the tools, the file format, and the engine core. We hope that Verge3D…

23 Dec 2021

By Yuri Kovelenov

9 Comments

Happy New Year! Snowballs VR

AnnouncementsChristmas, demo, Verge3D, virtual reality, VR

Dear friends! Another exceptional year for Verge3D community comes to a positive end. We saw lots of new web interactives created, tons of new plugins developed for Verge3D, and masses of new users started learning the toolkit. It was a great time for us too. Achievements in 2021 Our company…

09 Dec 2021

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D 3.9 for Maya and Ultimate

Announcementsambient occlusion, e-learning, Maya, Network, performance, pointer lock, Puzzles, releases, SCORM, text, URL Shortener, Verge3D, virtual reality, VR, WebGL, WebXR

We are excited to announce the 3.9 release of Verge3D for Maya and Verge3D Ultimate. This update brings an easy way to create e-learning courses, transparent video textures, new texture-from-text puzzle, performance tweaks for adaptive rendering, further AO improvements, ORM optimizations, team collaboration via Verge3D Network, pointer lock for first-person…

08 Dec 2021

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D 3.9 for 3ds Max Released

Announcements3ds Max, ambient occlusion, e-learning, Network, performance, pointer lock, Puzzles, releases, SCORM, text, URL Shortener, Verge3D, virtual reality, VR, WebGL, WebXR

We are excited to present a new release of Verge3D for 3ds Max! Version 3.9 brings an easy way to create e-learning courses, transparent video textures, new texture-from-text puzzle, performance tweaks for adaptive rendering, further AO improvements, ORM optimizations, team collaboration via Verge3D Network, pointer lock for first-person games, VR…

07 Dec 2021

By Yuri Kovelenov

8 Comments

Verge3D 3.9 for Blender Released

Announcementsambient occlusion, Blender, e-learning, Network, nodes, performance, pointer lock, Puzzles, releases, SCORM, text, URL Shortener, Verge3D, virtual reality, VR, WebGL, WebXR

We are excited to present a new release of Verge3D for Blender! Version 3.9 brings an easy way to create e-learning courses, Blender 3.0 support, transparent video textures, new texture-from-text puzzle, performance tweaks for adaptive rendering, Brick Texture node, further AO improvements, team collaboration via Verge3D Network, pointer lock for…

22 Nov 2021

By Yuri Kovelenov

4 Comments

Verge3D turned 4! Black Friday 2021

Announcementsanniversary, BlackFriday, Verge3D

On this date, 4 years ago, we released Verge3D 1.0. It included only Blender exporter (that was old Blender without Eevee viewport), some basic puzzles, and just a few simple demo apps. No material libraries, no AR/VR, no physics, no publishing, buggy PBR, no morphing, no HTML/WooCommerce/SCORM integration, no audio/video,…

27 Sep 2021

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D 3.8 for Maya and Ultimate

AnnouncementsAR, Arnold, augmented reality, light probes, Maya, optimization, Puzzles, releases, shaders, transparency, UI, USDZ, user interfaces, Verge3D, WebGL, WebXR

We are excited to announce the 3.8 release of Verge3D for Maya and Verge3D Ultimate. This update brings augmented reality to iOS via USDZ, dynamic ambient occlusion, a revisited approach to building 3D user interfaces, planar reflections with light probes, coverage transparency, dozens shader nodes, new and improved Puzzles, and…

24 Sep 2021

By Yuri Kovelenov

0 Comments

Verge3D 3.8 for 3ds Max Released

Announcements3ds Max, AR, Arnold, augmented reality, light probes, optimization, Puzzles, releases, transparency, UI, USDZ, user interfaces, Verge3D, WebGL, WebXR

We are excited to present a new release of Verge3D for 3ds Max! Version 3.8 brings augmented reality to iOS via USDZ, dynamic ambient occlusion, a revisited approach to building 3D user interfaces, planar reflections with light probes, coverage transparency, many new Arnold nodes, new and improved Puzzles, and various…

23 Sep 2021

By Yuri Kovelenov

5 Comments

Verge3D 3.8 for Blender Released

AnnouncementsAR, augmented reality, Blender, Eevee, light probes, optimization, Puzzles, releases, transparency, UI, USDZ, user interfaces, Verge3D, WebGL, WebXR

We are excited to present a new release of Verge3D for Blender! Version 3.8 brings augmented reality to iOS via USDZ, Eevee's native ambient occlusion, a revisited approach to building 3D user interfaces, planar reflections with light probes, alpha hashed transparency, new and upgraded Blender constraints, new and improved Puzzles,…

01 Jun 2021

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D 3.7 for Maya and Ultimate

AnnouncementsAndroid, App Manager, batching, clipping planes, desktop applications, global illumination, iOS, light probes, lighting, Maya, mobile applications, physics, Puzzles, releases, Ultimate, Verge3D, wireframe

We are excited to announce the 3.7 release of Verge3D for Maya and Verge3D Ultimate. We had our reasons for the prolonged release cycle, and here they are. Verge3D 3.7 for Maya introduces support for many more shader nodes, the global illumination technique to drastically improve the realism of your…