"The holy grail is to combine an of-the-shelf product with the power of writing your own software.", says Remko Jacobs, CTO of Act-3D. "We bundled amazing real-time 3D rendering technology, solid importing and export to an executable in one convenient package."
"This is an exciting release for everyone.", continues Ferry Marcellis, CEO of Act-3D. "The interactive materials and lighting are more realistic than ever before. We could only have dreamed about this not so long ago. These days, however, we effortlessly amaze the audience with jaw dropping skies, water and landscapes."
Marcellis: "Act-3D believes that Quest3D 5.0 is the number one real-time 3D development solution for the PC platform. This is the reason why we also use it as our in-house development tool. The result is the immensely popular and ground breaking architectural movie software, Lumion."
Included graphics framework
Quest3D 5.0 features an amazing graphics framework. Use it to start any 3D visualization project. With great ease you can place 3D objects and modify things like materials, environment, camera and lighting.
- Clouds, volumetric fog and sky
- Ocean rendering
- Sunlight, spotlights, direct and ambient shadows
- Shader based materials
- Import DXF, DAE, FBX, MAX, 3DS, OBJ
- Landscape editor with bump maps and specular lighting
- Film tone map, bloom and glare
- Publish directly to executable (.exe)
64-bit and multi-core processing
Support for 64-bit Windows allows you to load bigger 3D models. The physics simulation system and other components now use multiple CPU cores for improved speed.
Improved shading capabilities
Shaders are now the backbone of any 3D visualization. The new shader compiler allows you to use more advanced HLSL features. New functions are available to use 3D textures, hardware shadow maps and hardware instancing.
New import system
The import capabilities are greatly improved. Version 5 supports several new formats. 3D models can now be stored in object oriented structures. This allows you to apply shading techniques like bump mapping and deferred shading in a simplified manner.
User interface
The user interface has been cleaned up to make better use of the included 3D render framework. You can now customize many of the controls for placing objects, editing materials and modifying the environment.
VR edition
The VR edition now uses VRPN for improved compatibility with VR devices. The VR edition also includes an extended SDK. This SDK allows you to modify many of the existing components of Quest3D 5.0.
Pricing and availability
Quest3D is available from Act-3D or resellers starting at € 2,999.-.
The VR edition is available for € 9,999
