Neowin News Feed for: Autodesk

Autodesk makes Hollywood VFX "more affordable to all creators" with freemium AI tool

Paul Hill — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:24:01 +0000

Autodesk has updated its pricing tiers for Autodesk Flow Studio so that you can even try out the core tools for free. Read more...

Meta teams up with Microsoft and Accenture to bring workspaces to Metaverse

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:34:01 +0000

At the Meta Connect 2022, Meta unveiled its VR headset: Meta Quest Pro. It also mentioned collaboration with Microsoft and Accenture to transform and connect workspaces with the Metaverse. Read more...

Dropbox Extensions aims to make users more productive

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 19:06:01 +0000

Dropbox has announced Dropbox Extensions; these are additional tools provided by third-party companies to enhance Dropbox user productivity. Extensions will be available from November 27. Read more...

Ford embraces the HoloLens in its automotive design process

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:08:01 +0000

HoloLens has revolutionized the way Ford designs its vehicles after the company announced that, following a successful pilot the past year, it will expand the role of the device in future projects. Read more...

Autodesk and SAP are bringing their apps to the Windows Store

Andy Weir — Thu, 11 May 2017 15:34:51 +0000

Earlier this month, Microsoft revealed that Spotify is coming to the Windows Store for PCs. Today, it announced new additions to the Store from Autodesk and enterprise software specialist SAP. Read more...

HoloLens partners with Autodesk's Fusion 360

Matt Blowes — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 04:16:01 +0000

Microsoft and Autodesk show how 3D projects can be brought to life in a new video demonstrating how far their collaboration with HoloLens and Fusion 360 has progressed. Read more...

Autodesk bakes HoloLens support into Maya

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 01 May 2015 10:54:01 +0000

Autodesk, the company behind Maya, has announced that it's planning to support Microsoft's upcoming HoloLens device. Models designed in Maya will show up seamlessly on HoloLens. Read more...

Microsoft launches 3MF Consortium and eponymous 3D printing standard

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 01 May 2015 09:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has partnered with HP, Autodesk, and others to launch the 3MF Consortium, whose aim is to standardize and develop a robust file format to be used throughout the 3D printing industry. Read more...

Autodesk Pixlr now available as free app for PC and Windows tablets

Steven Parker — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:46:01 +0000

Previously only available as an online tool, the folk at Microsoft have now put together an app for PC and Windows tablets and made it available through the Windows Store for free. Read more...

Microsoft and Google in world's top five best places to work

Andy Weir — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:02:44 +0000

The Great Place To Work Institute has announced the top 25 workplaces among 350 of the world's biggest multinationals. Plenty of tech brands made the grade, with Microsoft and Google in the top 5. Read more...

Court Rules Microsoft, Autodesk Must Pay $133 Million

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:18:54 +0000

A Michigan man on Wednesday was awarded $133 million by a Texas jury in a patent dispute against Microsoft Corp. and Autodesk Inc., a spokeswoman for Microsoft said. Microsoft was ordered to pay $115 million,... Read more...

Autodesk Acquires Alias

Brad Wardell — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:17:43 +0000

3D Studio Max and Maya are now owned by the same company. Autodesk has acquired Alias, makers of the popular 3D modeling program Maya for $182 million in cash. Most 3D... Read more...

Autodesk, Microsoft Ink Cross-Licensing Deal

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:46:29 +0000

Autodesk Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have entered into a cross-licensing agreement that gives both companies access to a broad range of one another's patent portfolios in a move that should allow each company to broaden... Read more...

Windows 2000 SP4 corrupts Autodesk VIZ files

Steven Parker — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:50:25 +0000

Cheers Bink for this one. AUTODESK VIZ files are corrupted by service pack four of Windows 2000, according to the firm. This is clearly a significant problem. A notice on the Autodesk site... Read more...