SideFX has shared a detailed presentation on the upcoming version of Houdini.
Here are some of the features to be added with the update:
- motion path editing
- crowd banking
- partial rag dolls
- polyreduce
- uvlayout
- rounded edge rendering
- narrow band flip simulations
- optical flow
- gamepad camera
- terrain transplanting
The planned release date for Houdini 16.5 is November 7, 2017.