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Iray

Nvidia Iray is a highly interactive and intuitive physically based rendering technology that generates photorealistic imagery by simulating the physical behavior of light and materials. subtitle

Top 5 Open-Source Alternatives to Iray

appleseed Mitsuba Unity MoonRay Godot Engine

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Iray are appleseed, Mitsuba, and Unity. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. appleseed is an open source, physically-based global illumination rendering engine primarily designed for animation and visual effects.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Rendering #3D Modeling 1 social mentions

  2. Mitsuba is a research-oriented rendering system in the style of PBRT, from which it derives much inspiration.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Game Development #3D Rendering

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    The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 197 social mentions

  4. MoonRay is DreamWorks Animation’s in-house 3D renderer, used to render all DreamWorks movies since How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Rendering #Game Development 1 social mentions

  5. Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 446 social mentions

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