Now3D

Welcome to Now3D site

Now3D is a program for Windows platform written in Visual Basic.
Now3D (at the beginning called Planets) born in 1997 as application for the planets and stars visualization. Then, thanks to the first success in the 3D Graphic field, I have decided to leave the first idea to concentrating myself towards more difficult subjects.

I'm an analyst programmer with a passion for 3D computer graphics, and I'm developing Now3D with the hope that this program will give to many of you, a sprint to enter in the world of 3D computer graphics.

Release of Now3D v2.07

07/24/2023

With this new release all the technologies implemented so far on Now3D2 reach a new milestone!
Thanks mainly to three big news:

Start Trek Glass Caustic Measured Bsdf Cornell Box

Spectral Render
New plugin PBRT4
Speedup via KDtree

Download Now3D v2.07 directly from the download section of this site! And don't forget to update the Denoiser plugin, again from the download section.
Look here for the release notes.

Release of Now3D v2.06

03/12/2023

The implementation of the rendering engine based on pbrt-v4 continues with many new features!

New materials have been added: measured, mix and diffusetransmission.
Rendering has been speeded up by 30%!
Added the new Denoiser plugin in the download section.
Compare the huge quality difference in renders with and without the Denoiser on the following comparison page.
Download Now3D v2.06 directly from the download section of this site! Look here for the release notes.

Release of Now3D v2.05

12/12/2022

Great news!!!

I've implemented a new rendering engine based on pbrt-v4 and I've give a new look to the interface too!
Compare the new engine with the old one via the following comparasion page.
Download Now3D v2.05 directly from the download section of this site! Look here for the release notes.

N3DGL Demo

02/02/2019

On this page you can try a part of the Now3D engine directly on your web browser (Compatible with Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Microsoft Edge)

Release of Now3D v1.31

12/02/2013

Download Now3D v1.31 directly from the download section of this site!

Now3D2 (Windows 7 Theme)

09/26/2011

You can download the Now3D2 theme for Windows 7. The pictures of this theme have been rendered entirely with the latest version of Now3D2 (final name of the ex N3D.Net).
After download it, unzip the file and double-click on the "Now3D2.themepack" file to install the theme.

Soon you can read on the Now3D Blog the latest news on the Now3D2 developments.

Uffizi HDR Image courtesy of Paul Debevec

Venice HDR Image courtesy of USC Institute for Creative Technologies

PLY Meshes courtesy of Stanford University Computer Graphics Laboratory