Yuri Kovelenov, Author at Soft8Soft

22 Dec 2018

Xmas WebVR Adventure

Announcements3ds Max, AR, Blender, Christmas, pre-release, Verge3D, VR, WebGL, WebXR

Dear friends, With this busy year coming to its end, I'd like to thank you for your trust and participation which has always inspired us to continue our work. We are well aware of the fact that Verge3D could keep maturing only because of your ongoing feedback and commitment. On…

20 Dec 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D 2.9 for 3ds Max Released

Announcements3ds Max, Puzzles, releases, Verge3D

We are excited to deliver another bunch of great features and a new demo to 3ds Max users! Here is the list of the most significant features: New demo - Scooter Customizer! Advanced physical materials HDR rendering pipeline and radiance HDR textures Post-processing effects - bloom, brightness-contrast, grayscale, DOF and SSAO…

29 Nov 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D 2.9 for Blender Released

AnnouncementsBlender, Puzzles, releases, Verge3D

Finally, after 6 weeks of hard work and 4 pre-releases we are excited to present Verge3D 2.9 for Blender! This release is so huge that we even thought of assigning a major version number (making it 3.0), but decided to save it for the future until we support a third…

19 Nov 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D Black Friday / Cyber Monday Deal!

AnnouncementsBlackFriday, sale, Verge3D

With Verge3D turning one year this week, we are excited to offer a traditional Black Friday deal to everyone! Starting today and all the week down to Cyber Monday (November 26) you can enjoy the 20% off deal with regard to all Verge3D licenses and the material library. Use the coupon…

29 Oct 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Introducing Pre-release Channel of Updates

Announcements3ds Max, Blender, pre-release, Puzzles, Verge3D

We have a major update for Verge3D users. Today we're announcing a new release strategy which we believe will be more flexible and convenient for our customers. From our observations, our diverse community have somewhat different requirements. Some of our users want to see regular updates and eager to test…

22 Oct 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Experience InSight, NASA’s New Interactive

Announcementscustomer stories, NASA, Verge3D, WebGL

InSight is NASA's latest spacecraft designed to study seismic activity and the internal structure of Mars. During 6 months of flight, InSight traveled 400 million kilometers and is now preparing for landing. On November 26, this device will land in the area called Elysium Planitia and begin its mission to explore the…

09 Oct 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Verge3D 2.8 for Blender/3ds Max Released

Announcements3ds Max, Blender, Cycles, Puzzles, releases, Verge3D

This Verge3D release is out for both Blender and 3ds Max. Version 2.8 brings major improvements in the Puzzles editor, updates in the Wordpress plugin, support for custom split nodes and several new Cycles nodes and upgraded code examples. Puzzles Thanks to the feedback from our valued community, the Puzzles…

06 Oct 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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3D animation: Video vs Interactive

Reviewanimation, e-commerce, marketing, Verge3D, web design, WebGL

We can't imagine our life without 3D animation anymore. From the morning till the deep night we are surrounded by the all kinds of adverts, explainers, product presentations and movies. Many thousands of digital agencies and freelancers compete with each other striving to deliver the most engaging 3D content to their customers…

17 Sep 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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WebGL: cloud-based or self-hosted?

ReviewWebGL

A couple of months ago some of our customers reported connection issues when using our Verge3D Network service. We investigated this and figured out that the reason for this was the blocked IP addresses of Amason Web Services, a popular cloud platform leveraged by our Network platform. Luckily, Verge3D is a…

13 Sep 2018

By Yuri Kovelenov

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Bugfix update of Verge3D for Blender/Max

Announcements3ds Max, Blender, bugfixes, releases, Verge3D, WebGL

Thanks to the feedback from our valued users, we have fixed several bugs and made some other minor improvements in Verge3D for both 3ds Max and Blender. Version 2.7.1 includes the following changes: Styles for annotations and the default no-WebGL message can now be easily overridden by applications. To do this…