Metalray渲染器开发商mental images被NVIDIA收购

Edison

http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro_professional_software.html

mental images®, founded in 1986, is the recognized leader and de facto industry standard for visualization software for the entertainment, computer-aided design, scientific visualization, architecture, and other industries that require sophisticated images. The company's core product is the Academy Award®-winning photorealistic rendering software mental ray® which runs on a wide variety of platforms ranging from networks of workstations to parallel supercomputers, producing images of unsurpassed realism.

mental ray is the integrated rendering technology within such leading Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Digital Content Creation (DCC) software products as Autodesk's AutoCAD®, Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® Maya®, Dassault Systems CATIA® and Solidworks ®, and AVID Softimage®|XSI®.

In addition, leading visual effects (VFX) companies and studios, such as Buf Compagnie, Digital Domain, DreamWorks Animation, Lucasfilm, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rainmaker, The Mill, The Moving Picture Company and The Orphanage are among mental images's largest customers. In the automotive, aerospace, advertising and other industries, mental ray is used extensively for product simulation and visualization.

mental images, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NVIDIA and operates under its brand and leadership team, including founder Rolf Herken as the CEO/CTO, from its headquarters in Berlin, Germany as well as its other worldwide locations in Europe, North America, and Australia.

As a wholly-owned subsidiary, mental images has autonomy in running its day-to-day business and continues to serve its customers in the dedicated manner it is known for. mental images develops and serves new business opportunities with its software and solutions business, including mental ray, mental mill® and RealityServer®, the platform product for the deployment of 3D web applications and application services.

The combination of mental images and NVIDIA united some of the greatest talents in the visual computing industry. This strategic combination enables the development of tools and technologies to advance the state of visualization. These solutions are optimized for next generation computing architectures and create new product categories for both hardware and software solutions.

For more information, please go to www.mentalimages.com. For questions, please contact: cc@mentalimages.com.

chena_cpp

这都被nvidia收购了，再把renderman收购了算了。

[ 本帖最后由 chena_cpp 于 2007-12-14 12:30 编辑 ]

Edison

原帖由 chena_cpp 于 2007-12-14 12:28 发表
这都被nvidia收购了，再把renderman收购了算了。

NVIDIA自己的Gelator那帮人可能不喜欢Render Man。

过家家

:thumbsup:

alextooter

哈哈，从03年以来一直支持nVidia:lol:

GodBirdVista

对NV的软件力量又是一个很重要的补充。

瞎猫

一直以为只是DCC软件才用这东西，想不到几个大牌CAD软件也在用。

Prescott

NVidia终于愿意说了啊，嘿嘿

http://we.pcinlife.com/viewthrea ... d=11807#pid15924893

njs261

不错，mentalray可是集成在3dsmax里面的。:)

gfboy02

MentalRay 速度似乎还比不上Finalrender之类的啊，如果要完成实时渲染(每秒30帧)，不知道100000个QX9650并联够不够?
估计10年后n卡GPU能够实时渲染mentalray的效果！

红发IXFXI

:) 不错的想法。。。显卡加速3d渲染

fineday

收购Mental Ray干啥，收购AMD才是王道啊

xiaolongzi

看来NV的软件也得到了加强。

Edison

原帖由 fineday 于 2007-12-14 22:10 发表
收购Mental Ray干啥，收购AMD才是王道啊

AMD数万人的摊子，nvidia才不会考虑呢。

Prescott

原帖由 Edison 于 2007-12-14 23:08 发表

AMD数万人的摊子，nvidia才不会考虑呢。

16,500人

HuaErZ

现在一般用得３Ｄ设计软件，比如3DS Max,maya,C4D,都不能用显卡来渲染最终成果.专业显卡也就是在设计过程中,加速显示线框,边面等模式.
不知道NV以后会不会搞出来让mental ray可以用GPGPU渲染最终成品图.

pumel

原帖由 Edison 于 2007-12-14 12:38 发表


NVIDIA自己的Gelator那帮人可能不喜欢Render Man。

Render Man是Pixel的.Pixel比mental images有钱很多。

另外mr现在处境很不好，fg+photon map速度比vray或fr慢太多
新的max2008即便是mr exposure control基本是一个假的，快门和光圈调整无法和摄像机的dof和motion blur对上
据说下个版本修正，但是maxwell在3年前就做到，vray在1年前做到的功能， mr落后太多了

30分钟渲一个纯fg图像（因为object 发光无法发射光子，mr这点极差）。而且图像质量只是尚可

这个速度用maxwell都能渲完了,vray现在都能实时渲染（在sig2007的demo）

希望nvidia能把mr整好吧。。

mbins

vr 和fr只是近似，没有MR准确，很多时候如果需要运算巨大分辨率的图像就不行了。Fr的也算是Mr的分支了。Mr如果参数优化的当，速度也不慢，尤其是raytrace，这点Prman也比不上的。再说，Mr可以更具需求写shader，这点Vr和Fr实不行的。
本质上来讲，应用最专业且精确的还是Mr和RM。 不过，Vr真的简单易用，小来来很出效果。NV买下Mr，基本上可以预期将来NV的GPU阵列可以实时硬件渲染，跳过漫长的软件渲染，增加自身在图形领域的竞争力，同时也是留一条后路吧。强烈期待！！