Octane render is a fully GPU accelerated, fully interactive…fully unbiased, and I am fully interested if you can use the word “fully” one more time in the tag-line! Octane Render claims to be the worlds first GPU based, un-biased, physically based renderer. The benefit is that unlike processor cores available in CPU’s, the GPU typically has hundreds of cores for parallel processing making it the best resource for rendering in your computer. Refractive software is boasting that with even a single mid-range GPU you can typically expect to see a 1000%-1500% (10X to 15X) speed increase over a typical un-biased, CPU based renderer.
Octane Render is also fully interactive, so the settings can be left at a moderate level while adjusting the parameters of the scene such as materials, lighting options, and camera parameters in real time. Check out the features of Octane render here.
Octane Render will be available for purchase early February 2010 in a beta program, and a downloadable limited-feature demo will also be released during the 2nd week of January.
