New release of Autodesk 3ds MAx

With 2009 version of production line up Autodesk has released 3ds Max in 2 different flavors. One is for the media and entertainment industry (3ds Max) and the other is for Architectural and visualization industry (3dsm max Design). While both the versions are complete packages there is a subtle difference in both the products. The 3ds Max version has the SDK to build custom plugins and renderers kind of add ons to the product, the 3ds Max Design has got the lighting analysis tool. Except this there is no other difference in the products as per Autodesk. I think previously know Viz is dis continued in the favour of 3dsMax Design and good to know that both the products have got everything unlike Viz which was always missing some parts of 3ds MAX.

Zend Framework join hands with DOJO

This is really a great news that PHP frameworks are now thinking of AJAX out of the box. The obvious example is recent announcement of Zend Framework and DOJO partnership. Here is the official link to the announcement. I am excited about the news that at least Zend Framework will be AJAX out of the box. While reading the responses to announcement, it seems that there are better Javascript frameworks than DOJO. Honestly speaking I do not have much experience in Javascript AJAX frameworks but its really good thing to have an AJAX ready framework.

A new Flash 3D Engine : Alternativa3D

I am very much excited about the 3D engines all the time. Now there is another Flash 3D engine on the horizon. Its Alternativa3D and looks very promising. They are in there way to release the full AlternativaPlatform. Currently its the Alternativa 3D which is available publicly. I have already downloaded the SWCs and trying it in Flex Builder. Since there is no documentation available yet, it will take some time for me to dig into the framework. But looking at the announcements and the demos in the site, I think I cannot stop myself from playing around with the framework. If I will got anything productive i will post it here.
The way it is being depicted in the Alternativa site, it seems the engine is for 3D gaming and windowing platforms. The features it support(dynamic lighting and shadows, Global illumination, Inverse Kinematics, mapping to name a few) is very near to a realtime 3D computer graphics application like 3DSMax or MAYA along with Physics simulation. The Alternativa 3D Engine is Flash 10 ready already.Exciting.