Some features

[vladimir.nedev]

Also is there any ETA on the new licensing, so we without dongles can continue to use it?

The plan is to release the build with the new licensing on or shortly after 2015.12.08 . Hopefully there are no problems and it is not even later than that.
Sorry for the wait.

Greetings,
Vladimir Nedev

[janko22]

Thanks for the info.

[7enith]

Hello,

is it possible to use level of detail on proxy objects? Basically if a model gets farther away from the camera, the polycount is reduced or the model is swapped against a several lowres versions after a user defined distance.

all the best
christian

[vladimir.nedev]

Hello,

is it possible to use level of detail on proxy objects? Basically if a model gets farther away from the camera, the polycount is reduced or the model is swapped against a several lowres versions after a user defined distance.

all the best
christian

There is something like this implemented currently, but I think you have to use the ply2vrmesh tool directly (I didn't add those options to the MODO UI for ply2vrmesh) to generate a suitable .vrmesh file.
The V-Ray for Maya guys are doing some research for what you are requesting, as the current method/implementation doesn't seem to work that great in practice.
If I don't forget I will write back here when there is progress on the improvements.

Greetings,
Vladimir Nedev

[7enith]

There is something like this implemented currently, but I think you have to use the ply2vrmesh tool directly (I didn't add those options to the MODO UI for ply2vrmesh) to generate a suitable .vrmesh file.
The V-Ray for Maya guys are doing some research for what you are requesting, as the current method/implementation doesn't seem to work that great in practice.
If I don't forget I will write back here when there is progress on the improvements.

Greetings,
Vladimir Nedev

That would just be icing on the cake, but thank you very much, the normal version should be enough