UNIGINE SDK 2.7.2 has been released!

• Direct import of CAD models (IGES, STEP, STL, BREP formats)
• Improved voxel and environment probes
• Physically-based cameras and lights (ISO sensitivity, shutter speed, F-stop, color temperature, etc.)
• Improved file system and collaboration
• Optimized texture streaming
• Improved particle systems: advanced control, easy adjustment
• Multi-channel rendering improvements
• Impostor improvements: optimized performance, better tools
• Terrain holes (tunnels support)

UNIGINE takes part in a final of the Global Pitch Russia contest along with other 22 Russian companies. It is designed to bridge the gap between the best Russian IT startups and the Silicon Valley VC community.

These startups have already made significant business gains in their initial markets, with this event marking an opportunity for US market introduction and connection with leading investors.The Global Pitch Russia platform was established in 2017 with the support of Sberbank, the FortRoss Ventures investment fund and the Internet Initiatives Development Fund.

New version of UNIGINE was released. This release was aimed at making your experience with UNIGINE 2 even better by improving the UI and functionality of the Editor and tools and adding more useful and long-awaited features.

• Updated SDK editions
• Voxel GI solution without UV maps
• Improved assets workflow
• Synthetic terrain generation
• Dynamic cross-sections for CAD apps
• FBX import in runtime
• Dynamic destruction of trees and grass in runtime
• Extended properties system
• Dome screens support

VSTEP has been awarded a contract to provide CAE with full mission bridge simulators for UAE (United Arab Emirates) Naval Training Centre until 2019. These ship simulators are based on NAUTIS 3 platform, which is powered by UNIGINE 2 Sim. The purpose-built Training Centre will feature a range of integrated ship simulation-based training suites as well as maritime aircraft sensor stations that will be used to deliver training for individuals, command teams, and whole ship crews.

UNIGINE 2.6.1 release:

• Better configurator for nonlinear image warping and edge blending.
• More robust multi-channel rendering with remote projection configuration.
• Improved CIGI protocol support.
• Improved generation of grass and clutters, increased performance, runtime modification.
• Added distributed terrain generation for Landscape tool.
• Improved UnigineEditor 2.
• Overall engine improvements and bugfixes.

We invite you to visit UNIGINE booth #1170 at I/ITSEC 2017 event in Orlando, USA on November 27-30. There will be several live demos of UNIGINE 2 Sim showcasing its capabilities in real-time 3D visualization for professional simulators. Also, you can meet our senior developers, senior artists and CEO in person during the show.

I/ITSEC (Interservice/Industry Training Simulation & Education Conference) is the world's largest modeling, simulation, and training conference held in Orlando, FL since 1966. Last year there were 15000 attendees from business, military, and government.

Navantia presented a new version of its naval simulator NAVANTIS, developed together with their technological partner Arisnova S.L., in one of the most relevant fairs worldwide in its sector, the Pacific International Maritime Exposition 2017, held in Sydney, Australia during last October. The system is powered by UNIGINE 2 Sim and provides both multi-channel bridge view and VR mode.

80.lv website has published the detailed story about how UNIGINE R&D team solved one of the most challenging problems in real-time 3D graphics: global illumination in real-time. It covers technical aspects of the unique SSRTGI (Screen-Space Ray-Traced Global Illumination) lighting technology, which is a part of UNIGINE 2 SDK.

• Editor 2 re-written from scratch.
• Assets system.
• Improved multi-channel rendering.
• Improved CIGI protocol support.
• Procedural generation in Landscape Tool. 
• Improved TerrainGlobal.
• Materials system refactoring.
• VR template project.

Alexey Miller, chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom PJSC, visited Tomsk on September 5. During his visit he attended the exhibition of high-end technological developments for oil and gas industry organized by the leading local companies. At this event UNIGINE showcased the capabilities of UNIGINE 2 3D-visualization platform to the head of Gazprom.

Introducing a dedicated website for UNIGINE 2 Sim, a software platform for 3D visualization in professional simulation (flight, space, maritime, ground, railroad and much more): sim.unigine.com. There are detailed feature descriptions, use cases and key customers listed on the website.

This year UNIGINE took part in the SIGGRAPH, one of the world’s major and the most influential events in 3D graphics, in Los Angeles. The usual part of conference is Real-Time Live!, the international technology contest that showcases the latest trends and techniques for pushing the boundaries of interactive visuals. This year the new SSRTGI technique developed by UNIGINE was selected by expert jury to be presented at Real-Time Live!.