OctaneVR x OToy For True VR Cinematic Experiences

Cloud graphics company, OTOY Inc, will be releasing a groundbreaking production tool for cinematic virtual reality, Octane VR, that lets artists on any budget create hyper-realistic cinematic experiences for VR and AR using a free, feature-complete version of OTOY’s acclaimed OctaneRender VFX software.

OctaneVR will be released on Windows, OSX and Linux for free for an unspecified period of time as a means of encouraging content creators to experiment freely with OTOY’s AR/VR rendering tools.

OctaneVR supports single-click exporting of VR images and animations that can be viewed with the Oculus 360 Photos and Oculus 360 Videos apps on the Samsung Gear VR. Navigable VR content and menus created with Octane Lua scripts can be exported as an ORBX file from OctaneVR and viewed through OTOY’s ORBX Media Player app on GearVR.

About OTOY Inc:

OTOY Inc. is a cloud graphics company that redefines content creation and delivery for media and entertainment organizations around the world.

OTOY’s Academy Award®-winning technology is used by leading visual effects studios, artists, animators, designers, architects, and engineers, providing unprecedented creative freedom, new levels of realism, and new economics in content creation and distribution powered by the cloud.

Major investors of OTOY Inc include Autodesk, and Yuri Milner’s Digital Sky Technologies (DST). Advisers include Eric Schmidt of Google, Brendan