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ray tracing

Update adds new UI, new library of 200 physically based materials, V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering.

Thursday, March 9th, 2017

GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.

Friday, January 20th, 2017

Pioneers of facial motion capture and digital cinematography also win technology world 'Oscars'.

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Huge update moves Cinema 4D edition of renderer to same core technology as the 3ds Max edition.

Friday, December 16th, 2016

Price of the GPU-based Maya renderer cut permanently to €359. New Cinema 4D version out now.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

Master efficient workflows for creating professional visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level Houdini tutorial.

Saturday, August 30th, 2025

New collaboration between Khronos Group and the Open Geospatial Consortium paves the way towards support for 3DGS data in glTF files.

Friday, August 29th, 2025

Turn any MetaHuman exported from Unreal Engine into a ready-to-animate character with the updated Metahuman for Houdini add-on.

Friday, August 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the animation software, including support for Character Creator 5, and new export presets for UE5.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

Check out the new features in this major update to the 3D character creation app, from the new HD base characters to the new Maya plugin.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025