LuxCoreRender 2.8 Alpha Released With Initial Blender 4.x Integration

[phoronix]

Phoronix: LuxCoreRender 2.8 Alpha Released With Initial Blender 4.x Integration

LuxCoreRender as the open-source (Apache 2.0) physically based renderer is working on its next major release. While LuxCore can be used standalone both via its own UI and a console, there is Blender integration too with Blender 4.x support being one of the main focal points of the v2.8 series...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/LuxCoreRender-2.8-Alpha-1

[rmfx]

Cycles is far from perfect, it’s still pretty slow and it outputs very unconventional aovs.

I think that opensource CGI needs more contributions to Cycles to professionalize it than third party pathtracers.

I understand that contributing your own project and contributing to big blender are way different feels but I just think that talented dev should focus on making the underdog the best rather than making even more alternative solutions.