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Check out the new features in this wide-ranging update to the real-time 3D engine. Available free for indie games and VFX projects.

Monday, July 14th, 2025

Game engine now imports meshes, materials, lights and animation in USD format, including in the free Community edition.

Monday, December 16th, 2024

Tree-generation software gets new tools for pruning trees and adding 3D vines. Now available as a single edition for games and VFX.

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Game engine gets support for multi-bounce lighting, OpenXR, and USD export. Free for use on projects earning under $100,000/year.

Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

Tree-generation software for games and VFX gets new Projectors system for adding surface details like moss and snow.

Friday, July 21st, 2023

Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build.

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021

Even free Basic subscriptions to the online 3D model display platform can now be used commercially.

Saturday, October 16th, 2021

Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including new options for searching for and importing real-world terrain data.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2020

Powerful enterprise-grade real-time 3D engine now available free for indie games and VFX projects.

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

Vue gets automated real-world terrain data import; PlantFactory gets 3ds Max and Maya plugins.

Friday, December 13th, 2019

Vue gets new orthographic camera and support for V-Ray Next; both apps get better Substance support.

Monday, August 19th, 2019

New cloud-based platform lets users turn standard 3D models into interactive VR and AR experiences.

Saturday, June 15th, 2019

Vue gets updates to EcoSystems, the cloud tools and the Path Tracer; PlantFactory gets interactive path traced previews.

Thursday, April 25th, 2019