NEW: OTOY previews OctaneRender™ version 2.0, further advancing the science of CG rendering

[abstrax]

I guess it's what you would call "raster displacement", i.e. the placement is not done per vertex, but at a specific resolution in UV space (which is user specified).

Sorry I will try to be more specific, can it do this? (look at the mushroom image)
http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/3d ... ment-maps/

No, you can't do this.

It's a special primitive, which requires less memory and renders better and faster than cylinders made out of triangles. Octane doesn't create the hair itself the same way like it doesn't create any geometry. Octane can load hair from Alembic files though or get it from the plugins.

But does it reads curves/splines or do I still need to convert them to polygons before exporting it from my application?

It will read the curves from the Alembic file as hair. If the thickness is stored in the file hat thickness is used, otherwise some fallback thickness is applied that is read from the import preferences.

If a GPU on a slave doesn't have enough memory it will fail. The same way like a local GPU would fail.

Ok, got it.
But will the slaves require an Octane license on each machine?

Licensing is still to be determined.

[Seekerfinder]

Wow!

Is there a rough timeframe for the release date?

Thanks,
Seeker

We are aiming for a first release in April.

In theory, there is no difference between a first release and a release candidate (with possibly only one of the promised features). In practice, there is.
Berry Yoga

So please clarify Marcus, are we talking first release candidate, or first release. And (to avoid any confusion) would first release have all the features - i.e. is it a first release of version 2 that you are aiming to release in April?

Also, when will pricing be revealed?

Can't wait!

Seeker

[Rikk The Gaijin]

It will read the curves from the Alembic file as hair. If the thickness is stored in the file hat thickness is used, otherwise some fallback thickness is applied that is read from the import preferences.

[gonzohot]

Well, if all the presented features are really present in V2.0 then you can count on me to upgrade !

About hair & Fur you're talking about plugin compability in a post: does this mean we are going to be able to use ornatrix and/or hairfarm as source for rendering the hair with octane ?

Anyway i'm very excited and can't wait for the first release...

[Goldorak]

I guess it's what you would call "raster displacement", i.e. the placement is not done per vertex, but at a specific resolution in UV space (which is user specified).

Sorry I will try to be more specific, can it do this? (look at the mushroom image)
http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/3d ... ment-maps/

It's a special primitive, which requires less memory and renders better and faster than cylinders made out of triangles. Octane doesn't create the hair itself the same way like it doesn't create any geometry. Octane can load hair from Alembic files though or get it from the plugins.

But does it reads curves/splines or do I still need to convert them to polygons before exporting it from my application?

If a GPU on a slave doesn't have enough memory it will fail. The same way like a local GPU would fail.

Ok, got it.
But will the slaves require an Octane license on each machine?

Yes - you must have an activation license of some kind for a second machine. There may be options cheaper than a full SE purchase, which could come out once 2.0 SE is out of RC testing. This is touched on briefly in the GTC presentation (waiting on NVIDIA to post that).

[neo83_gr]

Congratulations! Looks like a dream!

[linvanchene]

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[kavorka]

Is there any news on the Octane Cloud?

[RealityFox]

I already stated my excitement on the other thread, but I'm super looking forward to this. It's going to be so freaking awesome.

That being said though, the pricing is still being finalized for the update so I have two questions:

Will I need to buy an additional update for my plugin? I'm using the blender one at the moment.

Will there be any 1.7 (and such) releases before 2 where I may test some of these features?

That's about it! Thanks for your time and you guys are amazing magicians. Can't wait to see what future releases will be like.

[PAQUITO]

I´ve just crapped my pants. Period.