30-Year 3D Veteran Ships RAYS, a Path Tracer That Renders on iPhone
dreamwieber · x · 2026-11-13
Steve Talkowski of Sketchbot Studios has released his first-ever app: RAYS, a portable path tracer for iPhone and iPad, priced at $9.99 with no subscription.
- Opens USDZ, glTF or OBJ files, lights them with HDRI, and renders photorealistic images in seconds using the iPhone's hardware ray tracing — with soft shadows, mirror reflections, refraction, color bleed and a denoiser, refining progressively per frame.
- Designed for the rumored iPhone Duo foldable (wide canvas open, one-handed folded) and runs natively on iPad; scenes travel intact between devices via AirDrop.
- It's the first app in a planned creative suite.
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