LOL...I knew it already, but I think we have to really come to terms with what is even possible to have.  And, you are right, KT.

Iray will be slow, but with denoiser it will be faster. 
Octane, the fastest, already has the majority of Brigade engine in it, per the developers, so what we are testing now with Version 4 test build is as fast as we will see. 
To me, it (Version 4 test build) is really not faster than Version 3, which in my opinion is slower at times than Version 2.

The only real-time thing will be RTX, and if you look online at Nvidia's presentation of it in the past month, it doesn't always look real-time.  Maybe the amount of GPUs they used makes a difference.
Because on the UE4 Storm Troopers with Captain Phasma demo, it did look real-time...BUT...they were using 4 Volta (4 x $3K = $12K).

So, if any of us are thinking we are going to get a real-time raytracer anytime soon, forget it.   And, you need multi-GPU, no matter what the case.
If iClone goes RTX, then maybe this will be the closest and best chance to have what you really want to see.  But now, Iray with denoiser is one of the best solutions I think, all around. 
But, yeah, 1 GPU will not cut it on a normal to big scene.
(Oh BTW - Redshift isn't faster than Octane.  No, it is in fact slower.  I have used it.  Slower.)

Ah, but I notice she didn't have you at "the rendering speed is the same as nVidia" -- meaning, of course, slow (and thus not suitable for animation, at least for most of us).

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Alienware Aurora R16, Win 11, i9-149000KF, 3.20GHz CPU, 64GB RAM, RTX 4090 (24GB), Samsung 870 Pro 8TB, Gen3 MVNe M-2 SSD, 4TBx2, 39" Alienware Widescreen Monitor
Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

WHOOOOOOAAAAAA!!!!!
More renderers?  Iray first!?     So, there will be a second?  and a third!....And, a Fantastic Fourth?!!! :w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t:
That sounds like the door is wide open for development on other rendering solutions, I love the sound of that, iClone site is going to see an increase in traffic with better images showcased on the site.

PS - You had me at "Hi everyone"...(sniff)...you had me at "Hi everyone..." :rolleyes:

Will the upcoming Iray have Render Passes?   
Separate renderable canvases for Diffuse, Specular, AO/shadow, etc.
THX!

Did anyone notice that Zane is the only character, which has detailed 4K maps (for both - head and body)?? Those maps are quite different from maps for the rest of the characters.
On the negative side his body and head do not automatically convert to special "Avatar Skin Preset" for Indigo.
I just wish CC3 would extend the support to 4K substances (never mind... found info about 4K support on previous page :) )

To summarize the concern of Mr. Vidius, myself, and others: Will there be head creation within CC3, yes or no? That should be easy to answer. It would be unwieldy to still have to use CT8 Pipeline.

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Thank you for your attention, patience and answers one last question toward compatibility
looks like cc and iclone are compatible with daz studio, but what about mixamo??
will be possible or your team have plans to make cc3 be able to import mixamo poses or animations (if needed iclone then possible to make iclone can import mixamo animations to work on cc models), any plans for that? for cc and/or iclone be compatible with mixamo, a easy way to import animations and poses from mixamo to cc and iclone?

Again really thanks for all support.

Thanks for the answer 
best from Mexico Cancun

Daniel.

yes my friend. I knew that you would understand. and know exactly what I was talking about.
thank you for understanding.

vidius

Hi Mr. Vidius
I can understand you very well.:sick::smooooth:

Greets from Germany
Postfrosch


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