February 22, 2023
Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds new real-time GI system, new SSS material. Read More »
November 29, 2022
First stable release of Octane 2022 adds new photon tracing kernel and Standard Surface material. Read More »
November 29, 2022
Firm ditches perpetual licences of the GPU renderer, but adds MoI 3D and Cascadeur to its subs package. Read More »
February 3, 2022
V-Ray and Corona still dominate market, but UE4, Twinmotion and D5 Render all gaining ground. Read More »
November 30, 2021
Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build. Read More »
June 22, 2021
GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Houdini and Maya gets new OCIO 2-based colour management system, including ACEScg support. Read More »
May 28, 2021
Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system. Read More »
April 23, 2021
Big update to Blender's production renderer will reduce render times 'up to 7x' on current Nvidia GPUs. Read More »
December 2, 2020
See what's new in the next major updates to the GPU renderer and its new RNDR+ subscription deal. Read More »
September 24, 2020
V-Ray and Corona top list of most popular architectural renderers, but use of Twinmotion, Enscape and UE4 also rising. Read More »
September 15, 2020
New trial edition lets you test this major update to the GPU renderer, even if you aren't an existing user. Read More »
July 28, 2020
Videos: see the GPU renderer's powerful real-time hybrid render engine and new Blender plugin. Read More »
May 27, 2020
Check out the new features in the latest experimental build of the GPU production renderer. Read More »
April 28, 2020
Major stable release of the GPU renderer adds RTX acceleration, improved SSS and hair shading. Read More »
January 2, 2020
Otoy's new Metal-based version of OctaneRender to run on the Intel chips in MacBook Pros as well as the AMD GPUs in Mac desktops. Read More »
December 3, 2019
GPU renderer gets updated RTX acceleration, new spectral sky and daylight system, ACES support. Read More »
April 9, 2019
Cinema 4D developer acquires the well-regarded GPU production renderer. We assess what the buyout will mean for CG artists. Read More »
August 15, 2018
New integration promises UE4 users GPU-based light field baking and support for ORBX scenes. Read More »
August 14, 2018
Next update to GPU renderer to add new procedural 'uberprimitive' and volumetric lighting system. Read More »
