Top 15 POV-Ray Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. It is available in official versions for Windows, Mac OS/Mac OS X and i86 Linux. The source code is available for those wanting to do their own ports.

1. iClone

iClone Real-time animation evolves with 3D Video FX, motion paths, HDR and rapid drag & drop creation inside iClone. iClone combines video production with 3D real-time animation. The result is a powerful production tool for motion graphics, 3D animation and video compositing.......

2. Space Engine

Space Engine Space Engine - a real-time 3D space simulator, procedural universe generator and visualiser. It lets you explore the universe in three dimensions, starting from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies. Areas of the known universe are represented using actual astronomical data, while regions uncharted by astronomy are generated procedurally.......

3. Realsoft 3D

Realsoft 3D Realsoft 3D is a full-featured 3D software package with a relatively low price tag.Realsoft 3D is available for Windows, Linux, IRIX and Mac OS X. The most recent version 7 has only been released for Windows.......

4. MeshLab

MeshLab MeshLab is made for processing 3D scans. Point clouds can be trianglulated into triangle meshes using various techniques. Models can be smoothed, cleaned and repaired.MeshLab is also a great 3D model viewer and converter. It can convert between many 3D file formats:import:PLY, STL, OFF, OBJ, 3DS, COLLADA, PTX, V3D, PTS,......

5. High Fidelity

High Fidelity High Fidelity is open source software enabling shared virtual reality.Using High Fidelity, you can deploy a virtual reality server on a computer running Linux, OSX, or Windows, which can be then accessed by anyone from anywhere using our open source client. You can use the client with a regular 2D......

6. 3D Reshaper

3D Reshaper 3DReshaper® is a tool for processing 3D point clouds wherever they come from: 3D scanners, digitalization, laser scanning, digitization devices... It covers the whole needs in terms of point cloud process, 3D mesh and surface reconstruction.-Registration, Alignment and Best Fit;-Local coordinate system;-Automatic or manual separation and cleaning;-Extraction of the best......

7. AccuTrans 3d

AccuTrans 3d AccuTrans 3D provides accurate translation of 3D geometry between the file formats used by many popular modeling programs.Positional and rotational information for the 3D meshes is maintained.Also many material attributes, such as color, index of refraction, reflection, specularity and Phong shading, are transferred between the files.Textures and UV coordinates are......

8. i3DConverter

i3DConverter This page is the official homepage of i3DConverter. i3DConverter is an extremely powerful 3D polygon model converter, and also an interactive 3D model viewer tool. The program supports 725 file formats. It is available for Mac OS X (10.7 or later).......

9. Endorphin

Endorphin endorphin is the industry's first Dynamic Motion Synthesis software.At the heart of endorphin are its Adaptive Behaviors, which - unlike animation data - are completely interactive. With Adaptive Behaviors, 3D characters essentially animate themselves. Move two Football players close to each other and one will automatically tackle the other one,......

10. Vi3Dim

Vi3Dim Vi3Dim allows anyone with a PC and simple camera, such as a webcam, to capture real-world objects transforming them into 3D models with the textures already attached. Use of Vi3Dim technology will allow end users sophisticated new functionality with major cost savings. Thanks to this simple system, 3D reconstruction can......

11. Mesa

Mesa Mesa is a software library for 3D computer graphics that provides a generic Khronos-compliant OpenGL implementation for rendering three-dimensional graphics on multiple platforms.......

12. iVinci

iVinci iVinci is a new starting point in vector design industry.It's just incredibly easy, and incredibly fast, for both beginners and experts.Notable features:-Use SVG as native file format. You can use files created by iVinci directly in may other Apps.-Powerful Bezier path edit system.-Gradient Mesh. Create complex or realistic gradient......

13. Autodesk Softimage

Autodesk Softimage Autodesk Softimage (formerly SOFTIMAGE|XSI) is a complete 3D software for visual effects and game production. Built on a new, highly extensible architecture, Softimage gives you the power and flexibility to bring your creative visions to life quickly and profitably. Softimage features Interactive Creative Environment (ICE), a new platform for building......

14. 3D Backgrounds

3D Backgrounds 3D Backgrounds on your iPhone everyday!......

15. Corona Renderer

Corona Renderer Corona Renderer is a new high-performance (un)biased photorealistic renderer, available for 3ds Max and as a standalone CLI application. There are also other plugins currently in development: Cinema 4D and Maya plugins are available in public and semi-public alpha stages.The development of Corona Renderer started back in 2009 as a......