NVIDIA working on hardware acceleration for Mental Ray and ray tracing

[JeffG2]

NVIDIA Ventures Deeper into Middleware Enabling

http://vfxworld.com/index.php?atype=articles&id=3582

" The industry has been all abuzz about NVIDIA expanding its video graphics arsenal through the acquisitions of mental images (best known for its mental ray renderer, which is part of the rendering pipeline on the upcoming Speed Racer) and AGEIA (best known for its gaming physics technology via the PhysX processor). This will not only impact game development but also the larger issue of interactivity, which Lucasfilm CTO Richard Kerris discussed in a recent interview with VFXWorld. Jeff Brown, NVIDIA's GM, Professional Solutions Group, elaborates on the significance of the acquisitions for the companies involved as well as for the industry...."


They should have bought VRay, (... or maybe not).

[vlado]

And while they are working on it... you can take a look here:

http://www.spot3d.com/vray_downloads...rt_test_A1.wmv

Best regards,
Vlado

[tigerX]

Vlado!, that rocks, big time!

[dlparisi]

OMG Looks awsome, what other hardware was used besides the main workstation?

[Codi]

Thats impressive Vlado, can't wait to play with that

[Pixelab]

My God ! I had almost a heart attack !!

Vlado 1 - NVIDIA 0

[PixelJockey]

Damn you Vlado! Now I have to change my pants.

[rmejia]

wow .... wow ..... um .... wow!

You guys are awesome! I hope christmas comes early this year, can't wait to try that out! Looks fantastic! V-Ray forever !

[Morbid Angel]

vray RT is very impressive. However I think in the long run GPU based acceleration is going to win the race. Unless some new cpu comes out that outperforms the GPU. Nvidia just has too much money at its disposal to throw towards this and, eventually they are going to develop a bridge...

[Paul Oblomov]

Is it a new plug for max ? Standalone ?

And quicksss.... interesting.

[TRGraphics]

WOW!!! So when do we get this? This will be such a huge help it really can't be postponed to long, I hope.

[jonahhawk]

vray RT is very impressive. However I think in the long run GPU based acceleration is going to win the race. Unless some new cpu comes out that outperforms the GPU. Nvidia just has too much money at its disposal to throw towards this and, eventually they are going to develop a bridge...

Ah but Vlado is times smarter than those guys.

I secretly took this x-ray of his head at Siggraph last year

[jujubee]

Wow his head is all brain - plus he's got another baby in his brain!

[vlado]

vray RT is very impressive. However I think in the long run GPU based acceleration is going to win the race. Unless some new cpu comes out that outperforms the GPU. Nvidia just has too much money at its disposal to throw towards this and, eventually they are going to develop a bridge...

<shrug>Intel seems to believe otherwise It will be a fight for sure...

Best regards,
Vlado

[Resolution01]

Vlado

That is impressive!! Thanks for listening to us, the users.


I think Intel also has some cash to throw at this, it is going to be intresting.