Chaos Group ships update to V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max
Free update adds native support for Ornatrix hair, improved fur rendering, expanded GPU-based workflow.
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
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Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.61
Update incorporates the new GPU-accelerated Cycles raytracing engine into the open source 3D app.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
RandomControl adds SSS to Arion renderer
Version 1.5.1 of hybrid CPU/GPU renderer also adds 'state of the art' BRDF system, real-world emitters.
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
LuxRender team launches new developer blog
We're not dead: we just need to talk about the new features more, admit creators of open-source renderer.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall by 50%
Temporarily, at least. Purchase the GPU-based Maya renderer before 12 December and save $670.
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Luxion ships KeyShot 3
Easy-to-use photorealistic renderer adds intriguing new no-keyframe system for technical animation.
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Refractive Software unveils OctaneRender for 3ds Max
New plugin to enable artists to use the physically accurate GPU-based renderer directly inside 3ds Max.
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
MachStudio Pro developer StudioGPU shuts up shop
Developer of GPU-accelerated renderer takes website offline - but app can still be downloaded for free.
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Abvent ships Artlantis 4
Standalone architectural renderer gains new radiosity engine plus iVisit 3D panorama-creation tools.
Monday, October 17th, 2011
Thea Render 1.1 ships
Promising hybrid renderer now integrated with Motiva Colimo to generate near-infinite variants of an image in real time.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
$10,000 contest launches free version of Lumion
Create a movie in the new non-commercial edition of Act-3D's real-time renderer and win cash prizes.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Sneak peek: see Krakatoa MX 2.0 in action
Check out a brace of videos showing off the new hair support in Thinkbox's 3ds Max render engine.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Imagination shows off Brazil 3.0 beta
Render engine returns from a string of buyouts rebuilt and repositioned as an SDK for interactive raytracing.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011