The tool is aimed at the creation of professional-grade 3D content for mobile, PC, and web-based games. Game developers are viewed as a key part of Autodesk's clientele, which also includes makers of media and movies. Many of those developers can't afford to buy expensive tools, even as their needs for 3D animation keep on growing. The rental price could be appealing because many of the projects don't last for a long time."This is similar to fees they pay for other tools in this market" such as the Unity game engine, Patel said.
Among the users of the new Maya LT are Phyken Media, creator of the mobile game Wizard Ops Tactics. Kunal Patel, president of Phyken Media, said his small team jumped at the chance to use the new version of Maya and still grow expenses and headcount at a comfortable rate.The Autodesk Maya LT 2014 is available now for Mac and Windows at a cost of $795 for a perpetual license, or $50 a month on a rental basis. The normal price for Autodesk's full Maya is $3,495. Even at that price, Maya has thousands and thousands of developers.A new online tool will help rural communities in British Columbia determine if debris left by local wildfire prevention work can provide a sustainable – and economically beneficial - source of fuel for clean energy production.
Details of the Fire Interface Rural Screening Tool for Heating – FIRST Heat – are contained in a new white paper from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), a collaboration of BC's four research-intensive universities. The paper, Fire in the Woods or Fire in the Boiler?, was produced by PICS-funded researchers from the University of British Columbia and two NGOs, the Community Energy Association (CEA) and the Wood Waste to Rural Heat Project.