Vegetation modelling and rendering middleware SpeedTree Modeler is being made available for $19 per month to Unreal Engine 4 subscribers. This fee will be separate from the $19 per month subscription ...

Since Avatar’s release in 2009 architects have coveted the lush vegetation of the habitable moon Pandora for their own digital models, and today their calls have been answered. Interactive Data ...

SpeedTree delivers beautiful, amazingly natural real-time trees and plants with seamless LOD transitions, an array of lighting, physics & wind effects, and an SDK programmed to support any level of ...

[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 ...

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 ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...