Blender to get GPU-based OpenSubdiv support
Video: GPU-enabled implementation of Pixar's subdivision surface libraries coming in Blender 2.72.
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
GPU-based
Eye candy: Blender's Cycles demo reel
Check out cool work rendered using the GPU-based raytracing engine, from cartoon shorts to commercials.
Thursday, April 24th, 2014
[0x1] ships IrayForMaya
New plugin integrates iray renderer natively inside Maya; supports Maya's UVs and shader networks.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Cebas announces moskitoRender for 3ds Max
New GPU-based renderer will "transform", not replace, the long-awaited finalRender 4 GPU.
Monday, March 31st, 2014
Otoy makes OctaneRender 1.2 free to students
Got an educational email address? Download the GPU-based renderer plus 3ds Max and Blender plugins.
Friday, March 7th, 2014
New Autodesk initiative puts Max, Maya in your browser
Updated: Development partner Otoy makes streaming and OctaneCloud technology available free forever.
Monday, December 23rd, 2013
Knald Technologies releases Knald
Updated: New GPU-accelerated tool generates games texture maps from photographic source images.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
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
AAA Studio ships FurryBall 4
Updated: GPU-accelerated renderer gets physically based GI, multi-GPU support, new 3ds Max edition.
Sunday, September 15th, 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
Blender's Cycles renderer released via Apache licence
Switch from GPL licence designed to attract big studios and software houses to contribute to development.
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Otoy releases OctaneRender for Blender beta
Blender joins growing list of apps to work natively with the GPU-based renderer. Calls for Modo growing.
Friday, August 16th, 2013
Iray Nitro: see Iray+ running on 260 Nvidia GPUs
New Lightworks video hints at near-instant results possible with cloud-based GPU rendering pipelines.
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013