Autodesk Acquires Numenus Ray Tracing Technology

Another week, another surprising Autodesk acquisition.  This one comes just under a year from our first announcement, but brings Numenus’s high-end realtime raytracing support to Autodesk’s popular modeling packages.

“High-end, instantaneous visualization capabilities are a necessity in the world of design,” said Andrew Anagnost, vice-president of suites, Web services and subscription at Autodesk. “Combining advanced ray tracing technology with powerful visual communication tools transforms how designers, engineers and marketing teams consume, review and share visual  designs.”

via Computer Graphics World – Autodesk Acquires Numenus Ray Tracing Technology.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.