Being a fan of 3D graphics, I've been aware of Caligari Truespace for quite a long time - since they released version 3 in fact. It's always looked interesting and it's been given away at times on magazine cover disks but I've never really investigated it because I was using another application that offered the tools that interested me at the time.
Recently Microsoft acquired Caligari. This was a total surprise to me as I only found out about it when I was reading this month's 3D World. Anyway - the interesting thing about the acquisition is that Microsoft want Caligari to continue developing Truespace so that people can create content for their Virtual Earth application - MS's direct competitor to Google Earth. Oh, and I forgot the important bit - they're giving the application away for free. The full, latest, unrestricted version for nothing.
Needless to say, this seemed too good to be true so I toddled off to Caligari's website to grab the software before Microsoft changed their mind. Something else I noticed while I was there was that they've also made all of their training courses free as well. The only downside that I could see was that you have to register to download the software and they do ask you for your address. They don't ask for any payment details though. :)
I'm going to give it a go (much as I love Blender3D) and I'll comment here about how I get on. Will I abandon Blender for a new 3D application? Only time will tell... :)
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