mental ray
mental ray® is a rendering software which generates images of outstanding quality and unsurpassed realism. The software combines the physically correct simulation of the behavior of light with full programmability for the creation of any imaginable visual effect. In addition, it uses advanced and proprietary acceleration and sampling techniques for faster rendering on even the smallest, single processor machines. mental ray achieves optimal scalable performance through the exploitation of parallelism on both multiprocessor machines and across networks of machines. mental ray is available as a standalone product as well as a library for direct integration into other applications. It is integrated into content creation applications used widely in media and entertainment industries.
