Working as a 3D generalist, my interests span across multiple disciplines in the CG world, but when it comes to vegetation creation the first software that comes to mind is SpeedTree. This software ...

Epic Games has integrated the SpeedTree run-time into the latest version of its high-end Unreal Engine 4. Version 4.3 of the engine will allow subscribers to add SpeedTree models into their projects ...

[This feature was published in the September 2013 edition of Develop magazine, which is available through your browser and on iPad.] Its creators may not be widely known, but this tool is one that ...

COLUMBIA, SC - Drawing heavily from the input of the world's leading game developers and publishers, Interactive Data Visualization, Inc., today releases SpeedTree® 4.0, loaded with improvements ...

IDV will be showing off SpeedTree 5.0 at GDC, a complete re-engineering of its foliage software with more realistic animation and lighting, a much more powerful modeling tool and new physics support ...

During the climax of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Millennium Falcon crashes through a dense pine forest and skirts toward the edge of an icy cliffside. The trees splinter and pancake as the space ...