Blender 2.80 Should Be Released In July

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Blender 2.80 Should Be Released In July

We've been looking forward to seeing Blender 2.80 in 2019 while now we finally have a better idea for when it will actually see the light of day...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Blender-2.80-July-Release-Plan

[waxhead]

They might as well have called it Blender 3.0 since so many things are new...

[Britoid]

It also ships with a flattened icon.

Best feature so far.

[eydee]

That's a guy from Futurama, right? Didn't know robotics got that advanced already.

[Vistaus]

That's a guy from Futurama, right? Didn't know robotics got that advanced already.

No, Bender is the robot from Futurama.

[kpedersen]

I like Blender and use it extensively; however I don't like the idea of Blender Cloud.

The word cloud to me basically means "Broken in 5 years". I hope they keep that mess separate from the core application.

[Tim Blokdijk]

... I don't like the idea of Blender Cloud.
... I hope they keep that mess separate from the core application.

Blender Cloud is just the way to access all the production files of the movie projects. And it has training video's.
You can also host your own personal projects although I never used that feature.
Integration with Blender is done via a plugin that you need to enable.

[Tim Blokdijk]

In essence it's just a way to support Blender development, separate from the dev fund.

[starshipeleven]

The word cloud to me basically means "Broken in 5 years".

The world "cloud" actually can mean many things, and only a specific subset of them are "broken in 5 years".
Cloud storage for example is not going away.

[q2dg]

It's a pity the videogame engine got discarded but sure there were many reasons. Looking to Armory3D...