nvidia MDL

[FSGFX]

is chaosgroup interested in supporting the idea behind MDL from nvidia..?
this could be really interesting...

http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc...n-Language.pdf

[vlado]

After what happened to MetaSL... I'd think twice.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Morne]

After what happened to MetaSL... I'd think twice.

Best regards,
Vlado

Seems I missed something. What happend to MetaSL?

[vlado]

Seems I missed something. What happend to MetaSL?

It's basically dead and no longer being developed. No-one seems to use either (except for the 3ds Max viewports).

Best regards,
Vlado

[FSGFX]

any news here on MDL
looks like there is something going on behind closed doors.

[vlado]

looks like there is something going on behind closed doors.

They are just as closed for me as they are for you We would be happy to support any open materials standard if and when it comes up. I believe nVidia are not the only ones who work in that direction, so we'll see how things go.

Best regards,
Vlado

[FSGFX]

some newer stuff...
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/mater...nguage-uk.html

[vlado]

We had a discussion with nVidia at the GTC about MDL; they are generally open to providing it for other renderers. We will at least look to see how easy it would be to hook it to the regular V-Ray and V-Ray RT GPU.

Best regards,
Vlado

[FSGFX]

Thanks for update Vlado.

http://mdlhandbook.com/

[instinct]

Without having read the handbook or primers or anything: Yet another Material definition language?

[FSGFX]

think thats no language... it defines only the parameter needed to build a material...