(Update) Official press release posted at Chaos Group.
Chaos Group has started its V-Ray 2.0 beta program. The software is available for download from the company's website for those who have purchased the Three in One bundle, upgraded to V-Ray 2.0 or pre-ordered the software.

Beijing-based Hanvon Technology will be the first one to launch a device based on E Ink's color e-paper technology. The New York Times has the news.

MagicPictures Studio has posted a video showing animations created with its Aquarius fluid dynamics software.

Some fine new works posted at Marek Denko's and Peter Sanitra's No Emotion studio.

The new PMW-F3 camera has a 35mm CMOS imager that delivers shallow depth of field, with high sensitivity and low noise levels (ISO 800, F11; and S/N ratio of 63db in 1920x1080/50i mode), as well as wide dynamic range. (more...)

UK studio Ten24 are offering female reference images. They require those interested to join them on Facebook or sign up to their mailing list.

CGAxis Model Store is offering a bundle consisting of 45 detailed models of flowers and plants, with included materials and textures for scanline renderer, V-Ray and Mental Ray. No need for watering. More at CGAxis.com.

A free After Effects plugin by François Tarlier that creates mattes that are attached to objects in 3D renders by using a PPass (position point pass).  This will allow you to create custom mattes in After Effects without having to go back to the 3D program to generate them. A video for creating a PPass with Max and V-Ray is included. More at AEScripts.com.