Sneak peek: real-time ray tracing in Notch Builder
See the real-time motion graphics tool's interesting new path tracing system. Runs on any current GPU.
Thursday, February 21st, 2019
distributed rendering
Chaos Group acquires V-RayforC4D from LAUBlab
Buyout expected to speed up development of C4D edition of the renderer, but makes it rental-only.
Monday, November 5th, 2018
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3 for Rhino
Latest Rhino edition of the renderer gets 500 readymade materials; V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering.
Sunday, April 9th, 2017
Abvent releases Artlantis 6.5
Architectural renderer gets new physical sky, distributed render manager, export to TwinMotion.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
LAUBLab releases V-RayforC4D 3.4
Huge update moves Cinema 4D edition of renderer to same core technology as the 3ds Max edition.
Friday, December 16th, 2016
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Modo
New native Modo version of renderer uses same core tech as Max and Maya versions, but costs $340 less.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
Download innoBright's free tech preview of Altus 1.0
Intriguing new tool denoises Arnold, V-Ray, Corona and Redshift renders, generating clean images 2-9x faster.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for 3ds Max 3.20
New video: Service pack adds new VR cameras, GPU-based texture baking, option to render fluid sims.
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
Nvidia launches Iray 2015
GPU-based renderer gets support for instancing, AxF material format. New Maya plugin and server edition also in development.
Monday, March 23rd, 2015
You can do it! VFX unveils Nyx DBR for 3ds Max
Updated: Distributed rendering plugin, formerly called Nexus DBR, now out in alpha for early users.
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
Get a permanent free copy of Corona Renderer for Max
Alpha 6 will remain free forever - and licensed for commercial use - after Corona ships, says Render Legion.
Monday, January 26th, 2015
Thinkbox Software ships Deadline 6.1
Renderfarm manager gets better scheduling, standalone Python API, V-Ray distributed rendering option.
Thursday, January 30th, 2014
New app lets you render animation via Facebook
RenderWeb taps the power of Facebook friends (and distributed rendering) to get jobs done faster.
Thursday, March 17th, 2011