The vray info site has posted that the beta version of V-Ray RT for Autodesk Maya is now available for download and ready to be tested by all current V-Ray for Maya users. In order to obtain access everyone who would like to participate in the V-Ray RT BETA Program should be a current V-Ray for Autodesk Maya user registered at the Chaos Group website. Your log in information will be used as an application to the Beta program and you will be able to immediately download and install V-Ray RT for Maya. To find out more information, click here.
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Key Features:
Flexible architecture
The robust architecture allows new acceleration technologies to be seamlessly implemented
Distributed Rendering
Use all available machines to speed up the rendering of heavy scenes
Production ready renders
V-Ray RT uses V-Ray’s original core to create production quality images
Complete integration with Autodesk Maya
All V-Ray features are accessible from within the Maya interface
Completely interactivity
Instantly updates the preview every time the user changes something in the scene
Accurate specular reflections
Quickly create specular reflections that will always match the reflections created with the the V-Ray pro duction renderer
Progressive path tracing
V-Ray RT will constantly work your CPUs at 100% to improve the quality of the image being rendered
Fast lighting
Quickly set up your lighting and shadows with real time preview of ray-traced shadows and GI
Cross-platform rendering
Add more power to the distributed rendering even with machines that do not run on Windows. The stand alone part of V-Ray RT can also run on Linux and Mac OS
Animations preview
Chooses the right shots for your animations by the help of the V-Ray RT quick preview capabilities
Supported operating systems:
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business (SP1 or higher)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP2 or higher), 32-bit or 64-bit versions
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.3 WS (64-bit)
Apple® Mac OS® X 10.5.7 or higher operating system (32-bit and 64-bit)
Linux and Mac OS X require Autodesk Maya 2011
