May 30, 2022
Real-time rendering tool to explore V-Ray scenes gets auto-exposure system. Get it free until June 2022. Read More »
October 22, 2021
Huge update to the open-source 3D texture painting app adds real-time path tracing, edge wear materials, decals, and live links to Blender and Maya. Read More »
October 14, 2021
See how Nvidia and AMD's current pro GPUs perform in real-world tests, from modeling to rendering. Read More »
April 16, 2021
Download the free Attic demo to try RTX global illumination, and see a video of direct lighting tech RTXDI. Read More »
October 29, 2020
New 'Big Navi' cards go up against Nvidia's GeForce RTX GPUs - and feature dedicated ray tracing cores. Read More »
July 9, 2020
New tool for real-time ray traced previews of V-Ray scenes gets new animation editor, physical camera. Read More »
March 19, 2020
The Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions are now available as stable builds, along with an updated SDK and AMD and Nvidia GPU drivers. Read More »
January 13, 2020
Version 0.7 of the Substance Painter-like texture painting tool adds live links to UE4 and Unity. Read More »
November 7, 2019
Updated: Havok Physics now out as a preview package. DXR ray tracing also available in preview. Read More »
November 4, 2019
Designer-focused 3D tool gets support for multiple directional lights, improved render preview, early support for GPU rendering. Read More »
September 4, 2019
Game engine gets eagerly anticipated Chaos destruction physics toolset, new virtual production tools. Read More »
August 1, 2019
All three applications to support hardware-accelerated ray tracing on Nvidia's RTX GPUs in future. Read More »
July 31, 2019
Update to the renderer adds initial support for OSL and OpenVDB in Arnold GPU, plus new Clip Geo shader for rendering cutaways. Read More »
April 29, 2019
It's limited to the 3D viewport, not final output, but it can result in a render speed boost of 'up to 100x'. Read More »
April 17, 2019
Real-time visualisation platform gets hardware-accelerated ray tracing, option to import simple 3ds Max animations. Read More »
April 17, 2019
Game engine gets new scene visibility controls, better GPU lightmap baking, support for AxF materials, OptiX render denoising. Read More »
April 12, 2019
Free driver update extends DXR support on selected Pascal and Volta GPUs, including the GeForce 1060 to 1080 Ti. Read More »
April 3, 2019
Game engine gets support for real-time ray tracing on Nvidia GPUs, plus new animation and virtual production tools. Read More »
March 19, 2019
Support for Nvidia RTX hardware-accelerated ray tracing provides 'up to 7.5x' rendering speed boost. Read More »
March 18, 2019
Long-awaited update brings a 'first taste' of GPU rendering to Arnold, plus better support for MaterialX. Read More »
