Meri sent me this link earlier in the week and I’ve only just looked at it (having spent the last week without internet)

Anyway, what it’s all about is Blender, which I hadn’t previously been aware of. The pitch is

Blender is the first and only fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite allowing modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, realtime interactive 3D and game creation and playback with cross-platform compatibility - all in one tidy, easily and free downloadable package!

…. and they’ve just added a raytracing to its list of features

Overall I think this is a really exciting project - and means I’m slightly more likely to start running Linux…… but seeing as most of the industry expects Max or Maya the chances still aren’t good.