ART VPS today at MacWorld announced the latest release of PURE – accelerated rendering hardware specifically designed to harness the core graphics technologies of Mac OS X and the Power Mac G5.
The new system employs a modular ray-tracing architecture that accelerates 3D rendering by distributing it across an array of chips. Users can now generate full-frame previews in seconds and utilize advanced features that include multiple area lights, accurate 3D motion blur, secondary illumination, camera properties, and special RenderMan shaders. The board being shown at MacWorld contains eight AR350 ray-tracing processors. Support for the Mac OS X version is Alias Maya is included.
ART VPS claims Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Bovis Lend Lease, Chapman Taylor Partners, and Walt Disney Imagineering among its existing AEC customers.