Free RENDERLights for Academic Purposes

Helsinki, Finland – February 8, 2011

3D Render Announces the Release of RENDERLights for Academic purposes,

–Considered the longest and most experienced firm in Finland 3DRender has managed over a decade of Architectural visualization and software development, and with hundreds of projects under our belt, Is no surprise that many of them are related to Realtime visualization. Banking on the success of RENDERLights, dozens of projects has been developed and visualized with, since its conception.

3D Render  announced today the release of RENDERLights for Academic purposes.

RENDERLights for Academic use, is the fastest and easy to use real-time Radiosity and light simulation engine in the architectural industry.  Our platform can handle projects of large and small scale, like the ones needed in the Industrial Design, as well as Large Architectural projects and City developments.

Real time lighting and shadows give you the depth and the perception needed to place yourself on the scene, high level algorithms and light bounce calculations will give you the correct approach when comes to understand light behavior and its ramifications.

“We are very excited to bring RENDERLights for Academic use, into the hands of the design community. We are sure that students can get a lot out of Virtual Reality with RENDERLights”, said Pauli Jantunen Development Manager for 3D Render.

“The speed of the design process has changed dramatically and we’ve developed the first virtual reality engine that will truly democratize visualization throughout the design process. Now Students can easily get an access for that type of visualization”

“Educational version is really big improvement to our product portfolio. Now we can have people learning and playing with virtual reality in schools and universities. We are interested in seeing what usage student community can find for RENDERLights”, said Douglas Triana Vice President of 3D RENDER.

Boasting an incredibly powerful and simple user interface, RENDERLights was designed from the ground up with the design industry in mind. In an increasingly competitive market, it has become critically important to quickly and easily communicate design intent with internal stakeholders and customers. RENDERLights brings real-time to the masses with unprecedented real-time performance, radiosity lighting simulation, Google 3D Warehouse integration and the shortest and easiest learning curve of any virtual reality application on the market.

RENDERLights engine including: texture baking, realistic environments, animation systems, sun and shadow simulations, real-time bloom water and raytraced reflections, 3d presentations, large model handling and their one click (Pack n´Share) functionality for creating .exe files.

For more information and detailed features list on RENDERLights please visit: http://www.renderlights.com/

Product Availability

RENDERLights Academic Version  is distributed as a standalone license. And can be acquired from RENDERLights here , and from international resellers.

About 3DRender

3D Render is one of the leading visualization offices in Scandinavia. Based in Helsinki, Finland, 3D Render has over a decade of experience in visualization and software development. Their products range from simple 3D imagery and videos, to complex virtual models and web based applications. 3D Render specializes in the development of new and innovative ways to help decisions makers in the design industry use visualization tools.