Private company

DAZ 3D

3D software company

Daz Productions, Inc. (commonly known as Daz 3D, stylized Daz3D or DAZ 3D in certain logos) is a 3D-content and software company, specializing in providing rigged 3D human models, associated accessory content, and software.² It was founded by Dan Farr.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded¹

HeadquartersSalt Lake City¹
Websitewww.daz3d.com

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The story

Founded by Dan Farr in 2000.¹

Originally a part of Zygote Media Group, a general purpose, application-agnostic broker of 3D content, Daz 3D split off as Digital Art Zone in 2000 to focus on supplying content for the Poser market. The company no longer uses that name, and does not treat "Daz" as an acronym for it.

Free 3D software

In 2012, Daz 3D shifted their strategy from selling 3D software and content to giving the software away for free and focusing more on the selling of the content. This began with offering Daz Studio for free in 2012, which gave customers the ability to render images and videos, and was expanded in 2017 when Daz 3D added Hexagon to the list of their free software products and added the ability to do 3D modelling to that mix.

Figure technology

In 2011, Daz 3D moved to the Genesis platform, where instead of each figured being designed individually, they were derived as morphs from the base mesh. Two of the key differences that this technology created were: the ability for characters to be blended into a huge variety of shapes; and, since these shapes were all derived from a common base, add-on content like clothing, hair, and additional morphs could both work on all characters and change with the characters.

The Genesis platform has gone through several versions since the launch in 2011. Genesis 9 was released in mid-October 2022.

Non-Fungible People

In January 2022, Daz 3D minted a NFT collection "Non-Fungible People" featuring 8,888 unique female and non-binary PFP avatars. NFP avatars can be used almost anywhere that supports 3D characters — including those used in real-time — from popular video game engines to AR and streaming software.

From Wikipedia’s article on Daz 3D, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.³

Leadership

Who has led DAZ 3D, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderDan Farr¹

Products and brands

Bryce

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Daz 3D has a library of over 5 million assets for Daz Studio and other applications that allow users to create high-quality exportable 3D renders and animations. Daz 3D continues to focus on 3D-content development and has expanded its software offerings by acquiring several notable 3D applications:

Bryce, a fractal-based landscape modeler and renderer acquired from Corel by Daz 3D in 2004.

Hexagon, a 3D mesh modeler originally developed by Eovia, acquired by Daz 3D in 2006.

Carrara, a general purpose 3D modeler/animation package also acquired from Eovia in 2006.

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Additionally, Daz 3D developed their own scene creator software, Daz Studio, as an alternative to Poser.

In 2016, Daz 3D spun off Tafi, a 3D-content company intended to focus more on the game developer market.

The Genesis platform allows users to build and render 3D models, characters, and supported assets, such as clothing and accessories. Daz Studio allows users to create and render 3D scenes by manipulating imported assets.

Through the Daz Bridges tool, Daz 3D users can transfer their content to third-party applications, including 3DS Max, Maya, Mudbox, Blender, Cinema 4D, Unity, and Unreal Engine.

Other available Daz Studio features include:

Realistic 3D character morphing technology

dForce physics for simulating natural cloth and hair movement

Backward compatibility for assets created in earlier versions of Genesis

Filament Viewport and Render Engine for faster rendering time

Asset and resource manager