<s>
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open-source	B-Application
physically	O
based	O
rendering	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
began	O
as	O
LuxRender	B-Language
in	O
2008	O
before	O
changing	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
in	O
2017	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
project	O
reboot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
software	O
runs	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
features	O
a	O
3D	O
renderer	O
;	O
it	O
relies	O
on	O
other	O
programs	O
(	O
3D	B-Algorithm
modeling	I-Algorithm
programs	I-Algorithm
)	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
scenes	O
to	O
render	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
models	O
,	O
materials	O
,	O
lights	O
and	O
cameras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Luxrender	B-Language
,	O
fully	O
functional	O
exporters	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
Daz	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
;	O
partially	O
functional	O
ones	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Cinema	B-Device
4D	I-Device
,	O
Maya	B-Language
,	O
SketchUp	B-Application
and	O
XSI	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Luxrender	B-Language
is	O
also	O
fully	O
supported	O
as	O
a	O
production	O
renderer	O
in	O
3DS	B-Language
Max	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
,	O
Blender	B-Application
is	O
supported	O
through	O
the	O
BlendLuxCore	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
opening	O
the	O
exported	O
file	O
,	O
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
renders	O
the	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
significant	O
feature	O
of	O
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
is	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
balance	O
of	O
different	O
lights	O
while	O
the	O
image	O
is	O
still	O
being	O
processed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
originally	O
started	O
as	O
LuxRender	B-Language
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LuxRender	B-Language
was	O
based	O
on	O
,	O
a	O
physically	O
based	O
ray-tracing	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
PBRT	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
License	I-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
new	O
program	O
based	O
on	O
PBRT	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
program	O
was	O
named	O
LuxRender	B-Language
and	O
was	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
artistic	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plan	O
for	O
LuxRender	B-Language
2.0	O
was	O
defined	O
during	O
the	O
2013	O
summer	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
components	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
engine	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
Python	B-Language
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LuxCore	O
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
C++	B-Language
/Python	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2017	O
winter	O
,	O
2.0	O
was	O
defined	O
as	O
a	O
LuxCore	O
API	O
focused	O
render	O
package	O
,	O
dropping	O
any	O
old	O
code	O
related	O
to	O
LuxRender	B-Language
1.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
website	O
,	O
forum	O
,	O
wiki	O
,	O
Blender	B-Application
exported	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
2.5	O
update	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
2.4	O
update	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
using	O
more	O
than	O
64	O
logical	O
processors	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
CUDA	B-Architecture
rendering	O
on	O
NVIDIA	O
graphics	O
cards	O
,	O
with	O
out-of-core	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
LuxCoreRender	B-Language
2.0	O
+	O
project	O
reboot	O
(	O
current	O
version	O
)	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Microkernel	O
pure-OpenCL	O
"	O
Path	O
"	O
render	O
engine	O
,	O
supporting	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
and	O
OpenCL-enabled	O
CPUs	O
concurrently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
Cycles	O
scene	O
conversion	O
,	O
including	O
(	O
limited	O
)	O
support	O
for	O
automatic	O
interpretation	O
of	O
Cycles	O
materials	O
and	O
textures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
included	O
in	O
LuxRender	B-Language
1.0	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
GPU-accelerated	O
"	O
Hybrid	O
Bidirectional	O
"	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
using	O
the	O
GPU	B-Architecture
for	O
ray-intersection	O
calculations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
multiple	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
features	O
of	O
LuxRender	B-Language
as	O
of	O
version	O
0.8	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Biased	B-Application
and	O
unbiased	B-Application
rendering	I-Application
:	O
Users	O
can	O
choose	O
between	O
physical	O
accuracy	O
(	O
unbiased	O
)	O
and	O
speed	O
(	O
biased	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HDR	B-Device
output	I-Device
:	O
Render	O
output	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
in	O
various	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
.png	O
,	O
.tga	O
and	O
.exr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instances	B-General_Concept
:	O
Instancing	O
significantly	O
saves	O
system	O
resources	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
memory	O
consumption	O
by	O
reusing	O
mesh	O
data	O
in	O
duplicated	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPU	B-Architecture
acceleration	I-Architecture
for	O
path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
when	O
sampling	O
one	O
light	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
