MAXtoA Version 0.9.608 is out. More information here.

Saber Jlassi has created some incredible pyro simulations, rendered with Arnold for Houdini.

He also has a youtube channel with Arnold rendered pyro animations.

Thrilled to see my colleagues at Solid Angle win a Science and Engineering SciTech Oscar award. More information  below:

http://www.thewrap.com/academy-names-18-scientific-technical-achievements/

https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/the-2017-sci-tech-oscars/

https://www.solidangle.com/news/2017-scitech-award/

https://www.solidangle.com/news/2017-scitech-award-speech/

Zeno Pelgrims has updated his camera shader for Arnold. It is capable of simulating optically imperfect lens effects.