vRay vai sair para o Maya

True, os "pseudo designers" que usam Mac vao passar a ficar em igualdade quando a conversa chega aos renders.
O vRay depois do estrondoso sucesso que teve ao vir incluido com o 3d Max, tornou-se numa ferramenta quase indispensável, não só oferece melhor qualidade como uma indiscutivel rapidez quando comparado aos outros.

V-Ray has become the renderer of choice for big architectural studios across the world, entertainment production houses and broadcast studios. Multi-million dollar projects have trusted their visuals to V-Ray. Industry veterans like Digital Domain relied on V-Ray for projects like Nine Inch Nails music video while Shirogumi integrated V-Ray into their pipeline for the Onimusha3 project for achieving highest quality renders and Animal Logic uses V-Ray for many of their shows. V-Ray's reliability has convinced architectural studios across the world to build their presentations only on V-Ray.

Finalmente o Maya vai ter o vRay de origem:

Our next step is to integrate V-Ray into the Alias® Maya®, Softimage® XSI®, Rhinoceros® platforms and others as well as prepare the standalone version of V-Ray® for Windows® and Linux which is about to come out shortly. This will ensure the ability to migrate between different platforms and be able to work independently of different 3D packages.

Esta parte de sair para o linux é brilhante. Pois o linux ainda estava mais limitado em alternativas do que a Machintosh, de qq forma o periodo de BetaTesting vai começar em breve e fica aqui a informaçao que necessitam para se inscrever:

In order to participate one should drop us an e-mail at vraymayachaosgroup.com . Please state you reasons for your acquirement, projects you have worked on and any other information that may be of help to prove that you are serious about testing and evaluating. Please note that we expect a couple thousand requests in the first couple of weeks, so please be patient with our responses.

Como nunca me esqueço de quem está a apanhar do ar fica aqui uma link sobre o vRay. Se passarem por lá deiem uma vista de olhos ao resto dos produtos que produzem especialmente o ChaosAura que "mete nojo" no bom sentido.