AAA Studio makes FurryBall RT renderer available 'free'
GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D now discontinued, but still available for a "symbolic price" of €29/year.
Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
GPU-based
Chaos Group launches V-Ray Next for 3ds Max
Now shipping: Next big update to the renderer officially launches. See the key features and price changes here.
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
Online documentation for V-Ray Next for Max goes live
Check out all the new features of the upcoming release, plus a demo of volume rendering on the GPU.
Friday, May 4th, 2018
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.7 for Nuke
Nuke edition of V-Ray gets support for progressive rendering and the V-Ray hair shader and sampler.
Friday, April 27th, 2018
Allegorithmic ships Substance for 3ds Max 1.0
New free Substance integration plugin for 3ds Max now out of beta and ready for use in production.
Friday, April 13th, 2018
AMD ships Radeon ProRender plugins for macOS
Free GPU-based renderer available for Blender and Maya on Macs. Now supports volumetrics, too.
Monday, April 9th, 2018
Clarisse adds support for Nvidia's OptiX denoising
2D/3D rendering system gets fast, AI-based image denoising for both the 3D viewport and final renders.
Friday, March 30th, 2018
Otoy reveals its roadmap for OctaneRender 2018 and 2019
Next-but-one releases to add light linking, trace sets, new RNDR framework with support for iOS and integrated graphics.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 2.0
LightWave fluid simulatior gets new granular and viscous jet solvers, plus support for GPU acceleration.
Monday, March 5th, 2018
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
Robert McNeel & Associates ships Rhino 6 for Windows
Long-awaited update to NURBS modeller adds interactive viewport raytracing, node-based workflow.
Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
Science.D.Visions ships 3DEqualizer 4 Release 5
Big update to matchmoving app adds new GPU-based engine, LSF solver, better 360-degree tracking.
Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
Otoy releases OctaneRender for Unity
Powerful GPU-based renderer now available for viewport and offline renders in Unity. Free on one GPU.
Monday, December 18th, 2017