Chaos Group releases Beta 2 of V-Ray Next for 3ds Max

Latest beta adds Nvidia's AI-based OptiX render denoising system, GPU volume rendering, updates to the hair shader.

Friday, February 23rd, 2018

Chaos Group releases Beta 1 of V-Ray Next for 3ds Max

Updated: Find more info on the new light cache analysis-based 'smart features' like auto exposure.

Monday, January 22nd, 2018

Nvidia discontinues Mental Ray

Sales of the standalone renderer and the 3ds Max and Maya plugins stop today. Work on Iray continues via Nvidia's development partners.

Monday, November 20th, 2017

Videos: Nvidia's multi-physics, volumetrics and GI tools

Check out impressive demos of the developer's new FLEX, Flame Works and GI Works real-time technologies.

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

Video: Pixar's new GPU-based lighting workflow

Cool tech video shows OptiX-based system preview sets from Monsters University in near-real time.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013