

The list covers a lot of ground: new content-creation features include instancing, flocking, a new fracturing tool, and support for Bullet physics while the Virtual Studio Tools virtual-camera system gains support for the PlayStation Move controller. You can watch a recording of the live stream here. The announcement was made at last night’s ‘VFX minds’ event at Hollywood’s Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and was preceded by a panel discussion featuring Emmy Award-winning VFX supervisors Ron Thornton, Gary Hutzel and Eric Hutzel, and Avatar’s stereoscopic VFX supervisor Chuck Comisky. NewTek has revealed the feature list for LightWave 11, the next full release of its all-round 3D modelling and animation software.

LightWave 11, due for release later this year, features a broad range of new features, ranging from instancing and flocking (above), to dynamics tools, Python scripting and better interoperability with ZBrush and Unity.
