Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Following Microsoft's acquisition of Caligari in February, trueSpace 7.6 has been released, and the software giant has made it completely free. Furthermore, 3D models can be uploaded directly into Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth. Read More...
AmigaWorld - Amiga Community Portal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Back in Febrary, Microsoft aquired Caligari, makers of the TrueSpace 3D rendering package that first appeared on the Amiga. They have now decided to give away the latest Windows version (7.6). Read more...
The Digital Art Community (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
At a time when other companies are removing their low cost products to make it even tougher to get started in 3D, it gives us great pleasure to enable all artists regardless of age or income to create 3D in whatever field they dream of. Big bomb-shell here folks - read the full news release here....
James Fee GIS Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Chris Pendleton notes on his blog that Microsoft has released trueSpace for Virtual Earth 3D for free. I think most of us thought this would be the eventual result of Microsoft’s acquisition of Caligari so it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. I’ll be honest in that I’ve never used Caligari tools, only SketchUp and [...]
All Points Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
This is the next phase after Microsoft acquired Caligari (apb post ) and its trueSpace 3D toolkit last year. Chris Pendleton at the Virtual Earth, Evangelist's blog explains and provides an answer to "how to make money with 3D ."
Region 19 BOE Gazette (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Caligari, makers of TrueSpace, are giving their product away. Free software, free instructional videos and so on. They were bought out by Microsoft and apparently this is a goodwill gesture and a welcome one at that. For art instructors worldwide this is great news. And for School 2.0 advocates this is an opportunity to create virtual school environments.
Digital Urban (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
We have always had a soft spot for trueSpace , the 3D software package from Caligari . It was one of the first modellers we used back 10 years ago for ActiveWorlds . Google SketchUp has been without question the tool of choice in recent times with its direct link to the 3D warehouse and Google Earth. Its one of the best examples of Web 2.0 in action and a almost genius way of getting users to...
Microsoft 10 (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Back in February, Microsoft acquired a company called Caligari mainly for their 3D modeling and animation software, trueSpace. As of now, trueSpace is available for download – for free . With trueSpace, you can create high-resolution models, landscapes, buildings, and more for Virtual Earth and Live Maps. After creating these models, they can then be uploaded from trueSpace directly into Live...
MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Well we've finally done it! We now have a way for you to create or import your own models and put them into Virtual Earth using truSpace which comes from Caligari who we brought into Microsoft not too long ago. Not only that but you can get truSpace for FREE . You can also import models you have already from many of the popular 3D modeling tools into truSpace and then upload them right into...
MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Today is a big day. BIG DAY. As you'll recall, several months ago we acquired Caligari because of their advanced 3D toolset - trueSpace (among other assets). I've always felt sketchy about other 3D freeware, so starting today trueSpace 7.6 is now available for download.....FOR FREE ! And, there is a direct connection into Live Search Maps so you can create SUPER high resolution 3D models using...
DevHawk (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in the FAQ . This is pretty excited. I'd like to build some co-op kids games. Speaking of XNA, Caligari is now offering TrueSpace 7.6 for free . David Weller and Glenn Wilson provide an XNA viewpoint on the announcement, Chris Pendleton shows how to upload your models to VirtualEarth. Congrats to the CodePlex team on their latest drop , which features that a cool new feature - Mailing Lists...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Metro kicks off a new Metro Classics series called simply "War!" on Wednesday nights through September. It will feature six foreign films (three from the Axis powers; three from Allies), followed by three Lee Marvin war films. An evening of German Expressionism begins the series Wednesday, with a double feature of "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (at 6:30 and 9:40 p.m.) and F.W. Murnau's 1924...
Technology Bites (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
trueSpace is a 3D modeling and animation software that allows you to render 3D content, it also allows you to make 3D content for online shared spaces and Virtual Earth. Today Microsoft announced that this program is available as free download on Virtual Earth Blog Truespace is the product of Caligari, a company acquired by [...]
