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The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. It is available in official versions for Windows, Mac OS/Mac OS X and i86 Linux. The source code is available for those wanting to do their own ports.


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  POV-Ray-related News  
Penrose tessellation in POV-Ray

Maurizio Paolini and Alessandro Musesti of the Department of Mathematics and Physics, Catholic University of Brescia, Italy, have created an interesting 15 minute animation in POV-Ray showing properties of the Penrose tessellation. Check out the Matroska 1280x720 render at the Animated Penrose Tiling website (video available in multiple languages).

[September 06, 2010] [Permalink]
Faster CFD as Caedium goes Parallel
For details see the press release. See also this example of a Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation performed in Caedium and rendered by POV-Ray.

[August 10, 2010] [Permalink]
Bishop3D 1.0.5.0
Bishop3D, a POV-Ray modeler and animation system for MS-Windows platform, is proud to announce the release of Bishop3D 1.0.5.0 This new release includes a long-waited Texture Library Manager, a new plugin for creating grass patches (inspired by Gilles Tran MakeGrass macro) as well as general improvements and bug fixes. Visit the "new look" Bishop3D website for more information.

[August 03, 2010] [Permalink]
Version 3.3 of SU2POV (Sketchup to POV-Ray converter) available

Version 3.3 of SU2POV is now available.

SU2POV is a freeware converter to export SketchUp models to POV-Ray. It has been designed so few actions are necessary to run POV-Ray and generate images of your SketchUp models. It runs on PC and Macintosh platforms.

[July 31, 2010] [Permalink]
LionSnake 1.7.15

A new release of the LionSnake modeller is now available. The latest version includes several bug fixes and many enhancements to allow easier editing ... [read more]

[July 16, 2010] [Permalink]
Australian Internet Censorship

Not ray-tracing related, but given the POV-Ray project's home base is Australia, we'll mention the ongoing plan to introduce mandatory internet censorship by the ... [read more]

[May 27, 2010] [Permalink]
Bishop3D 1.0.4.4

A new version of Bishop3D ... [read more]

[April 16, 2010] [Permalink]
Insert Menu Add-on for POV-Ray

Insert Menu Add-on for POV-Ray ... [read more]

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
Ani2Pov v0.91 is available

A new version of Ani2Pov is available. ... [read more]

[April 13, 2010] [Permalink]
PoseRay 3.13.3 beta

PoseRay 3.13.3 beta released ... [read more]

[March 24, 2010] [Permalink]
Y.A.P.R.M version 0.7 released

After more than a year of hard work Y.A.P.R.M version 0.7 has been released ... [read more]

[March 20, 2010] [Permalink]
Sculptris

Sculptris is a work-in-progress sculpting tool ... [read more]

[March 12, 2010] [Permalink]
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Visualization Library
Visualization Library is a C++ middleware for high-performance 2D and 3D graphics applications based on the industry standard OpenGL 2.1, designed to develop portable applications for the Windows, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems.

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
Jupiter Loses a Stripe
Lost: A giant belt of brown clouds big enough to swallow Earth twenty times over.

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
OGRE 1.7.1
Since 2001, OGRE has grown to become one of the most popular open-source graphics rendering engines, and has been used in a large number of production projects. Check out the first maintenance release to the new 1.7 stable branch codenamed Cthugha.

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
E-on Software Ships Vue 8.5
e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for Digital Nature, announced today the immediate availability of Vue 8.5 xStream and Infinite, its professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments.

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
Solar Dynamics Observatory

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory ... [read more]

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
DAZ 3D-Gizmoz Introduces Digimi

Digimi the ultimate platform for generating personalized avatars. ... [read more]

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
OpenTK Library 1.0 RC1

The OpenTK is an advanced, low-level C# library ... [read more]

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
Rhino for OS X is in development

During development, pre-release Rhino OS X is free ... [read more]

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
SymLab RANS Flow

Symscape's commercial range of simulation products has now been expanded to include SymLab RANS Flow for the simulation of realistic (viscous) ... [read more]

[June 03, 2010] [Permalink]
 
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