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What is Level of Detail (LOD) in 3D Modeling? | Techniques & software

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It helps reduce the amount of detail by simplifying polygons and textures as they get further away from the camera. Generally, the closer to camera, the more level of detail (surface details, textures, shadows, etc. These texture maps are then applied to the lower polygon count model to give it a more detailed and realistic appearance.

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The Top 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools

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Here are some of the best VR software that we think are essentially created to empower VR developers around the world. Blender Blender is an open-source 3D computer graphics software tool. Maya by Autodesk Maya is Autodesk’s virtual reality software which allows you to create 3D computer animation and VFX graphics.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

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is coming with huge improvements to texture importing quality and speed thanks to new maintainer Bluecube3310. The import times of textures using the VRAM Compressed import setting have been greatly improved by integrating the GPU-based Betsy texture compressor. Import 4.4 Now 2D performance is comparable between all backends.

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Summer 2025 Game Development Student Internship Roundup, Part 2

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Associate Development Manager Co-op/Internship - Summer 2025 (Sports FC QV) Game Product Manager Intern (Summer 2025) Music Intern EA Sports FC Franchise Activation Intern Associate Character Artist Intern Client Engineer Intern Visual Effects Co-Op Associate Environment Artist Co-Op (Summer 2025) Game Design Intern (Summer 2025) Game Design Co-Op (..)

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Top Tools and Software for Creating Visual FX in Games

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This guide will help you pick the best software to create amazing effects and take your games to the next level. 2D VFX Software While 3D VFX often gets the most attention, 2D effects are still very important for many types of games, like side-scrolling platformers and top-down RPGs.

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How to become a 3D visualization artist | Architecture visualization

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And with the advancements in and democratization of relevant software and technology, it's easier than ever before to become a visualization artist! Using state-of-the-art software such as Autodesk 3ds Max, V-Ray, and Unreal Engine, visualization artists generate detailed 3D images and videos based on briefs, blueprints, and/or sketches.

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Release candidate: Godot 4.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

Import: bcdec: Fix unnecessary alignment of texture resolution when only one of its dimensions isnt divisible by 4 ( GH-103259 ). Rendering: texture_create_from_native_handle() should return RID for texture from RenderingServer , not RenderingDevice ( GH-103296 ). GUI: Label: Fix rounding errors with fractional scale ( GH-103224 ).

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