Blender No.1 3D Program

Blender No.1 3D Program
The new 3D World mag arrived this week and there is a great article on the ranking of 3D software popularity based on "copies installed". Blender had 1.8 thousand million downloads last year! #2 was Flash then 3ds at number 3. Maya was 10th. Open source is a force to be reckoned with and Blender has opend 3D to millions of people. If you are at the local big bookstore this weekend, look for a copy of 3D World (July 07) With SpiderMan on the lower right corner.

IGE Sued By Blizzard!
Here is another game lawsuit in the news...ICE is finally going to have to pay the piper as Blizzard is taking off the gloves.
http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?comments=47220

More On China And Project Entropia
I didn't realize when I first saw the story that PE and SL and others were all bidding to get the China contract. PE is teaming up with China to make a world where 7,000,000 users can be online at the same time! Here is the link.

IB Modeler 2.0
Make 3D mesh from photo reference. Saw this in 3D world as well
http://www.ajubaa.com/

Comments

[Baba]

Blender may have a lot of copies downloaded, but I've downloaded blender at least 6 different times and never used it more than a week.

On the other hand, people who get Maya or 3dsmax licenses will generally USE them.

[Twiddler]

I agree with you Baba since downloads are rarely the same as installed and used. I do think that Blender is a much needed product though since 3D software has historically been priced very high. The free software like blender helps people get their feet wet in 3D art and design.