April 6, 2022
USD-native shot layout and look dev solution gets new 'HydraVP2' viewport and Python 3 support. Read More »
December 21, 2021
Now officially shipping: new plugin lets users import, compose and render USD scenes in Blender. Read More »
November 30, 2021
Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build. Read More »
February 26, 2021
Updated: new connection plugins available for Nvidia's collaboration platform, now in free public beta. Read More »
December 2, 2020
See what's new in the next major updates to the GPU renderer and its new RNDR+ subscription deal. Read More »
November 3, 2020
Update to the production renderer adds new motion blur algorithm for volumes, and improves support for Houdini's Solaris layout toolset. Read More »
October 14, 2020
Neat work-in-progress tool offers a 'fast, non-destructive' way to modify USD assets outside DCC apps. Read More »
October 5, 2020
USD-based 'open collaboration' platform for CG work will become free to individual users this fall. Read More »
August 25, 2020
Now shipping: Tangent Animation's neat free plugin makes Blender a Hydra render delegate in Houdini. Read More »
July 2, 2020
Nifty work from Tangent Animation makes Cycles a Hydra delegate in Houdini's Solaris look dev toolset. Read More »
June 16, 2020
Check out the new snapping options in the lighting and look dev tool, and the new toon shading system in its 3Delight NSI renderer. Read More »
May 27, 2020
Check out the new features in the latest experimental build of the GPU production renderer. Read More »
November 27, 2019
Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools. Read More »
August 1, 2019
Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer. Read More »
July 29, 2019
Production renderer gets new Mari integration plugin, hdPrman plugin to render USD files, PxrCurvature for creating edge wear effects. Read More »
June 4, 2019
New open-source tech to support interactive previews of USD files, and speed up volumetric renders. Read More »
May 9, 2019
Update adds support for live displacement editing, SIMD acceleration for OSL. Houdini integration "completely rewritten". Read More »
November 17, 2018
OpenCL-based GPU renderer gets updated materials library. Blender version gets procedural UV mapping. Read More »
May 3, 2017
Look dev and lighting tool gets new API to lay groundwork for native viewer based on Pixar's Hydra real-time rendering architecture. Read More »
