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path tracing

Experimental version of the game engine capable of 'really good' looking ray tracing is now available on GitHub under a MIT license.

Friday, March 13th, 2026

Product and portfolio rendering plugin can now create interactive standalone presentations that run outside the Unreal Edtitor.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

UE5-based renderer shipped with the Silo modeling software now supports real-time ray tracing on Mac and path tracing on Windows.

Friday, February 6th, 2026

Ambitious start-up's €240,000/year is the biggest contribution to Blender of any GPU manufacturer - before it has even shipped a card.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

Wide-ranging update to the architectural renderer adds AI PBR material generation, plus new scene layout, camera and lighting tools.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

Big update to the material-authoring software adds new 3D renderer and the option to import entire USD scenes to edit materials in context.

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

Promising new SDF modeling tool provides a quick, intuitive way to explore shapes for concept designs and hard surface assets.

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

Soft tissue simulation and render denoising system win tech 'Oscars', due to be presented at a ceremony tonight. Check out the other winners.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the 3D software, including viewport path tracing, a new Toon Filter, and new rigging and animation tools.

Friday, April 18th, 2025

Check out the new features in the modular, open-source, hardware-agnostic framework for developing real-time rendering technology.

Saturday, March 8th, 2025

Major update to Dimension 5's real-time visualization software adds experimental path tracing system. Check out the other new features.

Thursday, March 6th, 2025

Check out the new features in the 3D capture software, including path tracing in the 3D View and support for HP's Z Captis scanner.

Friday, February 21st, 2025

Sizeable update to the real-time visualization app adds volumetric clouds, Virtual Shadow Maps and automatic LOD generation.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2025