Blender 2.8 updates: No more BGE and Blender Internal

In a recent update regarding the development of Blender 2.8, we got two “features” that will no longer be available. The first one is the Blender Render, which was present in the software ever since the early versions. Another feature of Blender that was left behind is the Game Engine, at least in its actual […]

Real-time water flow for architecture in UPBGE

A feature from Blender that is often misjudged is the Blender Game Engine. Not only it can create full 3d games, but also interactive architecture. I do know lots of architects that uses the BGE to work on quick interactive visualization projects with the engine. Today you have even more power and tools to create […]

How to setup grass for the BGE

Every time I start to show Blender for architects they become impressed with the possibilities the software offer. Not only it may become a powerful tool to create 3d models for architecture, but a full visualization suite with Cycles. With the advances in Cycles features and GPU support, we can also look to the Blender […]

Free animated doors for interactive architecture

Besides creating some realistic images from 3d models, a new type of visualization is emerging as the future of architectural visualization. A few years ago interactive visualization of architecture was only created by studios or artists looking to prove their technical skills, or fulfill the request of a particular client. Even the consumer level technology […]

Review of V-Ray RT by an architectural visualization artist

It`s not often that we can see an article about architectural visualization on 3d computer graphics magazines, but every once in a while they appear. Just like in the last version of the free online magazine RenderOut! (Spanish only), with a great article about the creation of a photo real building with 3ds Max. In […]

Is real-time rendering the future? even for Blender 3D?

One of the big news about the rendering market last week was the announcement of new releases from two major commercial render engines. In a few weeks we will see a new version of V-Ray and FryRender, both dedicated to work with real-time rendering. They are called V-Ray RT and FryRender RT, and as a […]

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