SideFX has released a preview of some of the new tools and enhancements coming in Houdini 16.5. The planned released date for Houdini 16.5 is November 7, 2017.
Check out some of the features will be updated:
• motion path editing
• crowd banking
• partial rag dolls
• poly reduce
• UV layout
• rounded edge rendering
• narrowband flip simulations
• optical flow
• gamepad camera
• terrain transplanting