Intel unveils HdOSPRay and OpenVKL
New open-source tech to support interactive previews of USD files, and speed up volumetric renders.
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Embree
Intel releases open-source denoiser Open Image Denoise
New render denoising system is CPU-based, AI-driven, hardware-agnostic. See it in action here.
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
LuxRender reborn as LuxCoreRender 2.0
Open-source renderer gets faster hybrid and spectral rendering, support for resumable renders.
Monday, May 14th, 2018
LuxRender 1.5 ships
Now officially shipping: Open-source renderer gets major speed boosts, support for AOVs. New 3ds Max exporter to come.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 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
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 5
Big update readies real-time image-based lighting design tool for serious VFX work, including Alembic and FBX support.
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max SP1
Lots of new features for a service pack, including support for hair, SSS and Light Caches in V-Ray RT GPU.
Friday, December 12th, 2014
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.0 for Maya
Now shipping: Speed boosts, new progressive renderer, plus new option to render Bifrost meshes.
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
Sneak peek: the new features in V-Ray 3.0
Next release to boost brute force raytracing and much more, VRay.info reports from End User Event 2013.
Monday, July 1st, 2013
FluidRay RT enters free beta
Updated: Physically accurate renderer based on Intel's Embree kernels becomes available for Mac as well as Windows.
Friday, January 4th, 2013