RenderPipe support for Global Illumination
LOS ANGELES, August 2, 2005 - ART VPS Ltd. announces that it will support hardware-accelerated global illumination in the upcoming version of its RenderPipe plug-in software, scheduled for release in September. The RenderPipe plug-in interfaces popular 3D applications such as Maya, 3ds max, CATIA and VIZ with ART VPS’s PURE and RenderDrive hardware ray-tracing systems.
RenderPipe’s new support for global illumination enhances lighting effects by using bi-directional path ray tracing in each AR350 processor in the RenderDrive and PURE systems. Global illumination increases the photorealism of computer-generated images by mimicking the subtleties of natural light, diffusing color properties as light radiates between objects.
- NetRIB, a new render management application providing a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables users to manage rendering on the RenderDrive network outside of a 3dsmax or Maya session.
- Layers support for additional rendered channels such as color, diffuse, specular and self-illumination.
- Velocity support for the 3dsmax G-buffer channel, which generates 2D vector information that is used for 3D post effects.
About PURE and RenderDrive PURE and RenderDrive incorporate ART VPS's modular ray-tracing architecture, which accelerates 3D rendering by distributing it across an array of specially designed chips. The systems generate full-frame previews in seconds, and give users the speed to take advantage of advanced 3D rendering features such as multiple area lights, accurate 3D motion blur and depth of field, secondary illumination, HDRI lighting, and physically based materials, lighting and camera properties.
About Advanced Rendering Technology
ART VPS Ltd. (artvps.com) offers hardware-accelerated 3D ray tracing that improves design communication and helps reduce the time and cost required to bring a new project to market. ART VPS systems are used by some of the world’s leading design and manufacturing companies, including Bombardier Aerospace, Learjet, Nikon, and Procter & Gamble; architectural firms such as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Bovis Lend Lease, and Chapman Taylor Partners; entertainment companies such as IBM Interactive and Walt Disney Imagineering; and photographers and digital post-production studios, including Doug Fisher, Saddington & Baynes and Burrows.
Modified: 24th 2006f February 2006 - 12:02:41
Published: 2nd 2005f August 2005 - 16:30:23