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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.


  Download and Navigation  

To navigate about this site please use the navigation links at the top of this page. If you want to download POV-Ray, please visit our download page. If you are interested in our beta-test for SMP and multi-core systems, please visit our beta-test page.


  Contacting Us  

To contact us, please use the address given at the bottom of our license page. You may also wish to read our privacy policy.


  What's New  
Y.A.P.R.M. 0.7 RC1 released

After almost a year the first release candidate of "Yet Another POV-Ray Modeller" 0.7 is available, featuring a switch to gtkmm, reworked look and feel and more efficient modelling process.

[December 02, 2009] [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]

[November 09, 2009] [Permalink]
But where is the shallow end?

French mathematician Xavier Caruso and Jos Leys have used POV-Ray to explain three common effects of refraction in their short film "But where is the shallow end?" ... [read more]

[November 22, 2009] [Permalink]
Bishop3D Distribution Release

Bishop3D, a Windows-based dedicated modeller for POV-Ray with SDL import, texture editor and native keyframe animation, has now reached its first distribution release ... [read more]

[July 19, 2009] [Permalink]
LionSnake 1.7.14

LionSnake modeller has received a number of new features and updates including more advanced subdivision previews and face editing ... [read more]

[July 14, 2009] [Permalink]
Bishop3D reaches Release Candidate milestone

After more than two years of beta testing, Bishop3D, an interactive modeller and animation tool for POV-Ray, with native keyframe animation, POV-Ray SDL import, texture editor and POV-Ray integration has reached Release Candidate ... [read more]

[July 14, 2009] [Permalink]
Myst-like Java game using POV-Ray

Gil writes to tell us of his quest to develop a Myst-like Java game with graphics made using POV-Ray. ... [read more]

[July 14, 2009] [Permalink]
neXtgen Povray Editor 0.9.5

The neXtgen Povray Editor has been updated with new features like gamma correction in the color picker (for clipka) ... [read more]

[July 14, 2009] [Permalink]
LionSnake 1.7.13

A new version of the subdivision surface LionSnake Modeler is available, fixing a .obj import crash and ... [read more]

[March 05, 2009] [Permalink]
LionSnake 1.7.12

The subdivision surface LionSnake Modeler has been updated ... [read more]

[February 22, 2009] [Permalink]
Ani2Pov 0.57 is available

A new version of Ani2Pov, the .an8 Anim8or (a free modeller) to POV-Ray, Ase, Videoscape and Milkshape 3D convertor, is now available ... [read more]

[February 16, 2009] [Permalink]
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