MS announced today (?) that TrueSpace 7.6 f. Windows (U$ 600.-) as well as the formerly charged video tutorials are available for free after providing a short [URL="http://cart1.caligari.com/web/Truespacemainreg.aspx"]registration[/URL].

MS has bought Caligari, the maker of TrueSpace, in February for having a 3D wireframe modeler and renderer which should enable users to create and upload models to MS Virtual Earth similar to Google and @Last/SketchUp.

HighLights:

• procedural animation
  
• hair and coat siimulation
  
• subdivision surfaces
  
• normal and displacement maps
  
• hardware accelerated realtime renderer
  
• [URL="http://www.caligari.com/products/trueSpace/ts75/Brochure/solutions_collaboration.asp"]collaborative modeling[/URL] in virtual 3D surrounding
  

Norbert