Mental Ray: a retrospective
To mark the news that Nvidia is to discontinue the renderer, we look back over the highs and lows of nearly 30 years of Mental Ray.
Monday, November 20th, 2017
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Nvidia stops shipping mental mill
Retail distribution discontinued for MetaSL shader authoring tool bundled with Autodesk software.
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
Autodesk hires mental ray wizard Zap Andersson
Integration of mental ray and iray into 3ds Max and Maya takes an unexpected turn for the better.
Friday, September 30th, 2011
mental ray 3.9 released
Updated renderer adds native particle rendering, plus improved hair rendering and motion blur.
Monday, March 28th, 2011
SHOT Pro offers real-time rendering in the cloud
Bunkspeed's photorealistic renderer uses mental images' RealityServer platform to bring renders online.
Friday, January 28th, 2011
3ds Max adds iray renderer
GPU-accelerated engine rolled out in new Advantage Pack. GPU boosts speed five times, claims developer.
Friday, October 1st, 2010