@cgpov There is ongoing effort to standardize light parameters and physical units in OpenUSD, see @anderslanglands' presentation at SIGGRAPH 2025: https://t.co/PGh3oc2rVV
Fluid source tracking:The team solved the most common and difficult problem of fast-moving fluid sources. Currently, Bifrost 2.15 is the only commercial fluid software that solves this problem.
Check out BlueBolt's VFX breakdown of a 1930s London street from historical drama Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Watch the full video on the BlueBolt VFX YouTube channel: https://t.co/KruNxcdGnl
#VFX#VFXbreakdown#BlueBoltVFX
In the Strand test, if you know how to use Bifrost, the performance is very good. To those who say Bifrost is slow, I would say you don't know how to use Bifrost.
The test was conducted on a 6-7 year old computer.
CPU: i7-7700
Tests were performed on a six- to seven-year-old home computer (CPU i7-7700 3.60GHz).
2000x2000 piecewise planar mesh.
100 million point test
Bif Scatter points: 22 seconds
Houdini Scatter points: 29 to 32 seconds
Join us for an exclusive panel on #OpenPBR during #SubstanceDays at @SIGGRAPH on Monday 8/11.
We'll explore how this open standard is shaping the future of material interoperability across tools and pipelines with experts from Adobe, Autodesk, Maxon, Epic Games & Disney.
📅 August 11 | 🕡 6:30–7:30 PM
📍 Paradox Hotel Grand Ballroom (no SIGGRAPH pass required!)
🆓 Free to attend — RSVP required: https://t.co/sx2ro52kxR