MachStudio Pro uses FireGL v8650 GPU to deliver real-time 3D workflows and rendering.

Back at SIGGRAPH 2008, I wrote and posted a video about a new product in beta from StudioGPU, that used the GPU for real-time 3D setup and rendering. Today MachStudio Pro is making it’s public debut and has announced that they are in a partnership with AMD.  As part of this alliance, MachStudio Pro comes bundled with a ATI FireGL V8650 accelerator.

MachStudio Pro use the GPU to create and manipulate fully rendered film-quality 3D design and animation in real-time. The goal is to make setup time and rendering time practically simultaneous.  The user can move and position imported 3D models, change camera and character placement, materials and lighting, etc. all without having to go through the traditional process of adjust, render, view, repeat. The video on the site (requires Flash 9 or on your mobile watch the mp4) shows off the concept and gives some examples of “real-time-ness”.  The showcase has some good examples - particularly when you look at the rendering times listed for the high res images or watch the videos.

In the interest of full disclosure, I need to say that after learning about the product at Siggraph 2008, I was so jazzed that I contacted StudioGPU to get involved with them (check out my first blog about the product.) MachStudio Pro looks like it can be a game changer.