RNP-021, Streamlined Pipelines, and the Future of AI
The Render Network ecosystem’s been busy, from RNP-021 and Simulon’s debut to the new C4D Wizard Manager App integration and SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render making headlines worldwide.
The Render Network community is exploring a major expansion of its compute capabilities.
RNP-021, a new draft proposal, would extend the framework of RNP-019 to include enterprise-grade GPUs such as the NVIDIA H200, H100, and AMD MI300 series.
The enterprise GPU market is projected to exceed $353B by 2030. This proposed updated capability would position the network to meet surging demand for high performant nodes to support AI training, video generation, and large-scale image models.
Read more about RNP-021 and join the discussion:
Render Network is expanding enterprise-grade compute capacity — from H200, H100, to A1000 clusters.
Let us know your needs: form.renderfoundation.com/r/wAVDAW
New Workflow for Cinema 4D Artists
The latest version of the Render Wizard for Cinema 4D is here.You can now send your scenes directly to the Render Network Manager App with a single click.
No more zipping files or chasing missing textures.
Key improvements:
- Scene validation before upload
- Differential uploads (only send what’s changed!)
- Seamless API connection to the Manager App
- Manage your renders later, skip manual job creation
This is the fastest, most efficient way to render on the Render Network, fully integrated into your Cinema 4D workflow.
Read the full Knowledge Base guide:
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Introducing Simulon
Simulon, a friend of the Render Network, is a 3D VFX platform bridging professional studio pipelines and accessible creator tools — now stepping out of stealth.
Core capabilities:
- Capture & tracking (simulcam, camera sync)
- 360-degree HDRI lighting + camera sensor emulation
- Editable 3D scenes with drag-and-drop assets
- Real-time cloud rendering (up to 4K ProRes)
- Collaboration via shared workspaces
- Rigid body sims + Alembic playback
- ML rotoscoping + automatic occlusion
- Shared 3D asset library with flexible licensing
Why it matters: Simulon brings high-end VFX power to indie creators — faster, cheaper, and human-centered. Designed to bridge 3D and the real world without sacrificing authenticity or creative intent. A future where apps like Simulon could run on the Render Network is not far off. We congratulate Simulon on their launch!
We’re building an alternative to fast-food creativity — tools that elevate, not automate.
At RenderCon 2025, founder Divesh Naidoo shared his vision for empowering creators through Simulon and his plans to bring decentralized rendering to users on @rendernetwork.
Watch the full talk:
We’re building an alternative to fast-food creativity, tools that elevate, not automate.
A future where apps like Simulon run natively on the Render Network is closer than ever. Congratulations to the Simulon team on their launch!
Apple Spotlights Octane X
Octane X — “the gateway to Render Network for iPad and Mac users,” as quoted by Jules Urbach.
Now available on the App Store, Octane X brings the full power of cinematic rendering to iPad and M-series Macs, connecting local creativity to the world’s leading decentralized GPU compute network.
With Octane X, artists can sketch, iterate, and render from anywhere — no server racks or studio hardware required. Just you, your iPad, and limitless compute at your fingertips.
Download on the App Store:
Knowledge Base — where you can learn more about Octane X:
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Artist Spotlight: Alex Ness on Creating for Coachella
When you’re creating 120 looping animations in just five weeks for a Coachella set, there’s no time to pixel-peep.
Alex Ness (aka @Ness_Graphics) shared how the pace of EDM visuals means focusing on impact and flow over perfection.
Alex and fellow artists swapped behind-the-scenes stories at RenderCon 2025, diving deep into how immersive art, music, and motion collide.
Save the Date: RenderCon 2026: April 16–17
The Future of Art, All Around Us
From LED walls to entire cityscapes, the next era of art is something you walk through, not just watch.
Catch our RenderCon 2025 recap with Blake Kathryn, Alex Ness (Ness Graphics), Annibale Siconolfi & Wren exploring the evolution of immersive 3D.
What’s the Latest with SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render?
The world is taking notice. SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render is the largest exhibition ever powered by the Render Network and continues to make waves across major media outlets. Both PCMag and MSN News recently spotlight how decentralized GPU compute is shaping the future of immersive art.
PCMag Feature: How Render Network powered ARTECHOUSE NYC’s SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render exhibition in full 16K.
Read the full feature here:
MSN News Feature: MSN News spotlighted SUBMERGE: Beyond the Render (covered by ADDY Media) -
Times Square Chronicles Feature:
Get your tickets to experience the show (open through December 14th):
Render Network Joins Motion Plus Design World Tour in Paris
The Motion Plus Design World continues November 8th, proudly supported by the Render Network.
The Render Network Foundation’s Sunny Osahn will also be leading a talk, diving into how artists and technologists are shaping the future of 3D and motion design.
Artificial Intelligence Headlines:
Marc Andreessen says AI will empower creative geniuses to make groundbreaking films without studio budgets.
Researchers at the Robotics Institute and Meta Reality Labs unveil MapAnything — a unified 3D mapping model that reconstructs images, depth scans, and camera data with stunning precision.
Ribbit Capital calls tokens “digital atom” of the AI economy encoding identity, value, and expertise as AI agents trade and refine them
Person makes pizza using smart glasses while a vision-language model checks every step.
Krea open-sourced Realtime, a 14B autoregressive model that runs at 11fps ona single B200. It’s 10x larger than anything open-source right now..
The AI landscape is shifting from generalist LLMs to a new wave of companies training their own open-source, domain-specific models.
Gaussian Splatting keeps breaking new ground — from entertainment to geospatial mapping, and now into physical AI. NVIDIA AI is using it to help robots see, learn, and navigate the real world.
RTFM (Real-Time Frame Model) from World Labs, a spatial intelligence AI company, introduces a breakthrough “World Model” that renders interactive, 3D-consistent video frames in real time on a single H100 GPU.
Recursive Language Models (RLMs) hint at a future where AI systems can reason across near-infinite inputs through recursive self-interaction.
Google DeepMind’s 27B C2S-Scale model, built with Yale, generated a novel cancer hypothesis that scientists have already confirmed in living cells.
Veo 3.1 in Higgsfield is wild — AI video just leveled up again
OpenArt music video launches: Full AI-generated music videos in minutes
Community:
Your creativity deserves limitless compute. With Blender, Maxon Cinema4D, and OTOY Octane supported on the Render Network, there’s no limit to what you can create.
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