SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Autodesk Inc. has announced the availability of Project Neon, a free cloud computing preview that takes rendering off the desktop and delivers photorealistic images through a web browser.

The Autodesk Project Neon technology preview enables designers and engineers to expand the capabilities of their current hardware and create photo-realistic renderings of their projects through a web browser.

Rendering multiple files can take many days, adding time and money to projects. Autodesk Project Neon opens the world of cloud computing to design teams and allows users to dramatically reduce the time it takes to explore multiple options by generating multiple images simultaneously in a fraction of the time.

“The ability for anybody to tap into the near infinite computing power of the cloud is exciting — it enables a whole new class of customers to incorporate advanced computation cheaply and quickly into everyday tasks where previously a supercomputer was required,” said Brian Mathews, vice president of Autodesk Labs. “With Project Neon, Autodesk is providing a preview of how we can offer companies the ability to generate multiple high-quality, photo-realistic renderings in a matter of hours instead of days, saving valuable time and money.”

Project Neon is now available at http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/neon/.
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