AMD previews OpenCL ray trace renderer on Maya Posted by Greg Corke - August 25, 2014 AMD’s new OpenCL ray trace rendering technology delivers photorealistic output in seconds using high-end FirePro GPUs inside Autodesk Maya Siggraph…
Workstation Specialists unveils Intel Xeon E5 2600 v3 render node Posted by Greg Corke - February 27, 2015 Derby-based Workstation Specialists has updated its RS-R render node, a scalable, dedicated rack mounted rendering system. The 1U machine can…
Nvidia delivers statement of intent for GPU rendering Posted by Greg Corke - March 19, 2015 Nvidia says automotive manufacturers will be early adopters Nvidia is getting serious about interactive, physically-based rendering, which it delivers through…
Pixar’s Renderman technology is now free to download Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 31, 2015 RenderMan is Pixar’s core rendering technology, and is now available for free RenderMan, Pixar’s core rendering technology for animation and…
New Maxwell Render plug-ins announced for SolidWorks, Rhino and others Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 13, 2015 New plug-ins mean more colourful ways to get the best render results Next Limit Technologies has announced a series of…
AMD FireRender – a new physically correct material and rendering technology for professional Posted by Greg Corke - May 19, 2015 AMD is going after a slice of the professional design visualisation market with its new GPU-optimised FireRender plug-in. The physically…
Rendering: Market overview Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 17, 2015 You've nailed your 3D product model. Now you want to show it off - to your boss, your team, your…
Rendering: Hardware Posted by Greg Corke - August 20, 2015 From laptop to desktop, render node to render farm, Greg Corke gives a back to basics guide to buying hardware…
Weaving new textures for visualisation Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 7, 2015 In order to render complex woven textures such as rattan, CIC had to be creative with existing visualisation tools Having…
Nvidia delivers first Iray physically-based rendering plug-ins through dedicated online store Posted by Greg Corke - December 1, 2015 Nvidia is shipping its first Iray plug-ins and has opened an online store to sell the physically based rendering add-ons…