Iray plug-ins for Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya support NVIDIA’s new distributed rendering solution, Iray Server, now in open beta.
NVIDIA Iray, the computer graphics developer’s physically-based rendering technology, can be found in many of the most popular design software applications. Now, for the first time, NVIDIA is offering it direct to designers, artists and others who rely on physically-based rendering to bring their creations to life.
Iray plug-ins for Autodesk 3ds Max are now available in NVIDIA’s new online store beginning today, and will be available for Autodesk Maya starting in mid-December. They cost $295 per year as either a node locked or floating license with no processor restrictions. These products support NVIDIA’s new distributed rendering solution -- Iray Server, which begins open Beta today and ships early next year. Also available is the first edition of vMaterials, a free collection of digital material offerings that have been verified by our material specialists for accuracy, control and consistency.
Iray accurately predicts the final results of a design, so users can reduce the number of prototypes and iterate far more. NVIDIA has been using it for years to design their own products, and global architecture firm Gensler is using it to design the company’s spectacular Silicon Valley campus building. Iray’s photorealistic interactivity allows designers and decision makers to explore variations in full realism while they are designing or reviewing.
Minimizing this feedback loop in order to maximize the creative process, NVIDIA designed the new Iray plug-ins to scale smoothly across all the cores and processors in users’ systems. Users can even connect to Quadro Visual Computing Appliances for near noiseless interaction in final quality.
“We use Iray for 3ds Max extensively in our design process,” said Scott DeWoody, Creative Media Manager of Gensler Architects. “Being able to see your changes, as you make them, in near final realism is transformative -- and Iray’s ability to scale across processors, machines and to Quadro VCAs means you can get even the most complex jobs done on time.”
Users can also harness a network of machines running Iray Server to make short work of their largest images. Attendees of Autodesk University this week in Las Vegas can see these solutions screaming on the latest systems at the Dell, HP and Lenovo booths.
NVIDIA also has several other plug-ins reportedly in development; in the meantime, the Iray plug-ins are available as 90-day free trials.
Source: NVIDIA
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
