Escape Motions releases Rebelle 8.3
Unusual update to the natural media painting app makes it possible to export the paint surface as a heightmap for use in 3D software.
Saturday, August 1st, 2026
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Otoy releases OctaneRender 2027.1 in alpha
Updated for Alpha 2: next major version of the GPU renderer adds neat options for recreating iridescent and ultra-reflective materials.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.4
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including updates to 3D Gaussian Splatting and the Neural Radiance Cache.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
KeyShot releases KeyShot 2026.2
Rendering and visualization software gets Apple GPU support, a new cloud rendering service, and new subscription pricing.
Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 2026.5
Open-source game engine gets new native particle system, updates to tonemapping and the physical sky, and automatic LOD generation.
Thursday, June 11th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.3
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to virtual textures, trace sets, and the Neural Radiance Cache.
Friday, April 24th, 2026
KeyShot releases KeyShot Studio 2026.1
Rendering and visualization software gets support for OpenPBR materials in USD files, and updates to the rendering and animation toolsets.
Friday, March 27th, 2026
Get NVIDIA's new path tracing fork of the Godot game engine
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
Unreal Engine virtual studio plugin Atlux λ 2.1 adds Atlux λ Live
Product and portfolio rendering plugin can now create interactive standalone presentations that run outside the Unreal Edtitor.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.2
Check out the latest features in the GPU production renderer, including support for meshlet streaming in network renders.
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
Nevercenter releases Milo 2026.0
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
Dimension 5 launches D5 Render 3.0 and D5 Lite
Check out the new features in this major update to the GPU renderer and real-time visualization tool and its new lightweight edition.
Thursday, January 15th, 2026
NVIDIA launches 72GB RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell GPU
New 72GB edition of the RTX PRO 5000 increases memory capacity for GPU rendering and simulation. Check out its specs and street price.
Monday, December 22nd, 2025