AAA studio has released FurryBall 3.0 which adds Global Illumination options, Area Lights and Realistic Reflections to the realtime GPU renderer integrated in Maya. You are free to try out a trail versions of FurryBall for Mac and Windows. Upgrades to FurryBall 3 from version 2 looks to be about $599 Eur.
FurryBall 3.0 Features include:
- Indirect lighting
- Area lights
- Object light emission
- Toon shader
- Car Paint shader
- Realistic reflections and refractions
- Particles support
- Procedural 2D Maya textures support
AAA Studio describes “FurryBall is the first unique real-time GPU renderer in production quality implemented directly into Maya. No more time-consuming exports, waiting and tuning in new applications!! You can see your render in real-time hairs, Maya Fluids, with bumpmaps, textures, soft shadows, reflections and refractions, ambient occlusion and color bleeding, depth of field and many other features directly in Maya viewport. No more waiting for render!”
