From the official Next Limit Maxwell Render forum, in this post named "Behind the Scenes" you can enjoy, if you're a "render system's-fan" like me, a very large post with lots of test renders explaining the new fixes and improvements they made in version 2.
Congrats to Next Limit, this is absolutely a kickass rendering engine!
When was the last time you heard something new about Marcos Fajardo Arnold Renderer? 2002, 2003? I was always AMAZED by this engine, and I could never get it to try :(
Well, here is a new comparison between Arnold and Mentalray, who has been apparently developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks for the last years.
Fabio Policarpo is the autor of iTracer, an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch for modeling and rendering 3D scenes.
As Fabio says:
iTracer is a 3D modeling and rendering application for the iPhone. With it you can build full 3D scenes and render high-quality images from any given view. The rendered images can then be saved to your Photos Library for later use by other applications. The multi-touch interface allows view scaling and panning at any time with simple pinch gestures. Translate, rotate and scale objects with simple touch movements that snap to an adaptative grid. Includes a full material editor with diffuse and specular components, opacity, refraction, reflection and self illumination. Shadows are cast from multiple lights and support transparent objects.