Announcement:

RenderCon. April 15, 2025. Hollywood, California.

Tickets here:
https://lu.ma/rendercon

The final votes for RNP-016, 017, and 018 are officially closed - and all are approved!

Final results:
✅ RNP-016: Approved (491.4K Yes / 9.9K No)
✅ RNP-017: Approved (518.9K Yes / 0 No)
✅ RNP-018: Approved (411.8K Yes / 12.7K No)

Next Step: These RNPs get added to the Render Network roadmap.

Final votes are LIVE!?

RNP-016: Bringing Arnold to Render https://nation.io/a/RenderNetwork/proposal/a25c47a6-46e2-49a2-a01a-cdfde931b006

RNP-017: OctaneRender for Blender integration https://nation.io/a/RenderNetwork/proposal/bfa18891-066a-4832-8610-0957e7cec09d

RNP-018: Year 2 of BME Emissions Allocations https://nation.io/a/RenderNetwork/proposal/9678a8da-f268-43b6-958c-7013632e2f88

Cast your votes before 5PM PST Tuesday - Dec 17th!

Need a refresher on the proposals? Here’s the breakdown:

?RNP-016: Integration of Arnold for advanced Monte Carlo ray tracing
https://github.com/rendernetwork/RNPs/blob/main/RNP-016.md

?RNP-017: OctaneRender for Blender integration https://github.com/rendernetwork/RNPs/blob/main/RNP-017.md

?RNP-018: Year 2 of BME Emissions Allocations https://github.com/rendernetwork/RNPs/blob/main/RNP-018.md

Announcing –– the @RenderNetwork Advent Calendar Competition ?

– global. daily. $1,750 in prizes per day.
– submit artwork rendered on the Render Network.
– 1st: $1,000. 2nd: $500. 3rd: $250.
– winning artwork will be posted on X and on the Advent website.

Starts today (Dec 2).
Render. Submit. Win.

https://advent.renderfoundation.com/

https://x.com/rendernetwork/status/1863766036266508289

Blender Cycles is now in closed BETA on Render Network, bringing near-unlimited GPU compute power to the largest open source 3D ecosystem’s native GPU renderer. ?

Learn more about the Beta showcased this week at Blender Conference:
https://rendernetwork.medium.com/blender-cycles-enters-closed-beta-on-the-render-network-029f2bf99bc6

Here’s the link to Jules’ keynote at Tech Forum Argentina starting in just over an hour (4:20 PM GMT-3 / 12:20 PM PST)!

Don’t miss it: https://www.youtube.com/live/zxnHBpJOFYU

Reminder: Tech Forum Argentina is TOMORROW (Sat, Oct 19th)!

? Jules’ keynote starts at 4:20 PM GMT-3 / 12:20 PM PST.

His talk will be livestreamed, so keep an eye out for the link to catch it live!

The intersection of 3D and AI is an exciting arena to a part of. We welcome being included in
Greyscale‘s Decentralized AI Fund:

https://x.com/rendernetwork/status/1813640627860693358