If you are into 3D modeling, you should check out Bunkspeed
SHOT. It was released yesterday, and I am just coming back from the Siggraph show in Los Angeles where it was launched.
SHOT is a stand alone real time raytracer using HDRI and hell it delivers. Of course, it renders bad ass results at unlimited resolution too. I support the developers with interface ideas, and they are very eager to streamline their product.
As a designer on intense movie productions like TRON LEGACY or CAPTAIN AMERICA, I need to deliver photo real images of whatever vehicle I am working on at any given moment - lets say a producer walks in and wants to take a shiny image into a meeting in a few minutes. Thats when this product comes into play on my machine.
What you should know is that Bunkspeed cooperates with graphic card giant nVidia. So, if you own a newer nVidia card with CUDA processors, that software will fly. (Just bought a nVidia GTX 480, and hell it's freakin' fast (and loud )).
Download your trail version of SHOT and play with it, it's absolutely worth it!
Cheers, Daniel
