List of ray tracing software
Ray tracing is a technique that can generate near photo-realistic computer images. A wide range of free software and commercial software is available for producing these images. This article lists notable ray-tracing software.
Software | License | Platforms | |||
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Windows | OS X | Linux | Other | ||
3Delight | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Amiga Reflections | Proprietary | No | No | No | Amiga |
Autodesk 3ds max | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
Autodesk Maya | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Autodesk Softimage | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Anim8or | Freeware | Yes | No | No | No |
ASAP | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
Blender | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Brazil r/s | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
BRL-CAD | BSD, LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Bryce | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Carrara | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Cheetah3D | Proprietary | No | Yes | No | No |
Cinema 4D | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | Amiga |
ExH reTORT exhsw.com/retort-ray-tracer/ | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
form•Z RenderZone Plus | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
FRED | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
FurryBall | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
Gelato | Freeware | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Holomatix Rendition | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Houdini | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Imagine 3D | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Amiga, MS-DOS |
Indigo Renderer | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Kerkythea | Freeware | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
LightWave 3D | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | Amiga |
LuxRender | GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Manta Interactive Ray Tracer | MIT | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Maxwell Render | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
McXtrace | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Mental ray | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MODO | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Octane Render | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
OptiX | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Photopia Optical Design Software | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
Picogen | GPLv3 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Pixar RenderMan | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Pixie | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
POV-Ray | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Rayshade | pre-gpl open source, gpl-like | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Radiance | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Realsoft 3D | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Amiga, IRIX (dropped) |
Shade | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Sunflow | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Tachyon | GPL | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Terragen | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
TracePro | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
TurboSilver | Proprietary | No | No | No | Amiga |
V-Ray | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Visionaray[1] | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Vue | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
YafaRay | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Zemax | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
3DOptix | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud |
References
- "VIS - Lehrstuhl Prof. Lang: Software Visionaray". vis.uni-koeln.de (in German).
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