Ken Museth, founder of OpenVDB and Chair of the OpenVDB Technical Steering Committee, has been recognized with the ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award for the creation and continued development of OpenVDB!
Academy Software FoundationJune 20, 2023
Ray tracing in PBRT using NanoVDB OpenVDB – the Academy Award-winning C++ library for efficient representation and simulation of volumetric effects like water, fire, smoke, and clouds – has officially released version 9.0.0! This significant release introduces notable updates including: The official release of NanoVDB, which for the first time…
Shannon DeoulNovember 8, 2021
OpenVDB has adopted NanoVDB to enable faster performance, easier development, and GPU acceleration.
Emily OlinAugust 20, 2020
Sony Pictures Imageworks, Warner Bros., Blender Foundation and VES Society join as members; DreamWorks Animations' OpenVDB becomes first ASWF project.
Emily OlinOctober 23, 2018