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

[BorisGoreta]

As I understand it we will see these features this month as beta builds and final release will be ready this summer.

[smicha]

I am curious about pricing of the cloud. At 23:30 http://nvidia.fullviewmedia.com/gtc2014/S4899.html it says:

.... as low as 11c/GPU hr.

Does this mean that if my scene takes 1 hour to render on my single GTX TITAN, I'll be able to render it in the cloud using 1000 GPUs for:
1h/1000*11c*1000 = 11c

0.11$? For 3.6 seconds of effective rendering time on 1000 GPUs? This is so cheap. What about pricing for non-effective time (e.g., uploading orbx data to the cloud, saving files and sending back to my computer)?

[Rikk The Gaijin]

Does this mean that if my scene takes 1 hour to render on my single GTX TITAN, I'll be able to render it in the cloud using 1000 GPUs for:

No, I believe the number of GPUs available for private users will be WAY less than that... Probably less than 10... But let's wait and see.

[glimpse]

I believe that's for an hour of 1 GPU work ~as powerfull as 670-680 =)

[stratified]

We will churn out 2.0 with the features that are already anounced (displacement, hair, MB, region render, rounded edges, ...) in a fully fledged 2.0 release.

Hi Thomas,
Is this the release that will see the light this month? I.e. the 'complete' version 2.0 release. There is some confusion on the timeframe / features of the 'first' 2.0 release.

Seeker

Yep, at least the release candidate. It will take more than a month to get it stable.

The feature list for this one off the top of my head: displacement, hair, MB, region render, rounded edges, local asset DB & network rendering.

cheers,
Thomas

[renegator]

Yep, at least the release candidate. It will take more than a month to get it stable.

The feature list for this one off the top of my head: displacement, hair, MB, region render, rounded edges, local asset DB & network rendering.

cheers,
Thomas

Wow, very extensive list for a first RC! Is there a timeframe for when we can expect sun+hdr, opensubdiv, random instance color and (my personal favourite) ctrl+z?

[abstrax]

Yep, at least the release candidate. It will take more than a month to get it stable.

The feature list for this one off the top of my head: displacement, hair, MB, region render, rounded edges, local asset DB & network rendering.

cheers,
Thomas

Wow, very extensive list for a first RC! Is there a timeframe for when we can expect sun+hdr, opensubdiv, random instance color and (my personal favourite) ctrl+z?

Everything except undo, will be included, too. Thomas just forgot about them. Maybe even undo will be included.

[renegator]

Thanks abstrax, this release feels like Christmas and Easter combined to the second power

[Seekerfinder]

Yep, at least the release candidate. It will take more than a month to get it stable.

The feature list for this one off the top of my head: displacement, hair, MB, region render, rounded edges, local asset DB & network rendering.

cheers,
Thomas

Wow, very extensive list for a first RC! Is there a timeframe for when we can expect sun+hdr, opensubdiv, random instance color and (my personal favourite) ctrl+z?

Everything except undo, will be included, too. Thomas just forgot about them. Maybe even undo will be included.

Great news, thanks guys.

Do I understand correctly that current 1.x licencees will have to pay the upgrade fee to be able to access the RC builds? That would mean you'd have to offer the upgrade option before the release of 2.0. How will that work?

Thanks,
Seeker

[remKa]

Hi !

Do you know yet which day you will release the first 2.0 version (standalone and plugin) ?

And will it be possible to use a water level system with the displacement ?