NewTek, a worldwide leader of 3D animation annouced the immediate release of their award winnig 3D modeling, animation, visual effects and rendering software LightWave 10.1. With a lot of new features such as new off-axis stereoscopic camera rig option, improved Viewport Preview Renderer (VPR), advanced import and export capabilities, including MDD and integrated Autodesk® Geometry Cache support, a new Skin Shader node; stereo enhancements include interactive OpenGL off-axis adjustment of the right and left camera planes. The new LightWave 10.1 Viewport Preview Renderer allows artists to directly interact and easily adjust lights, textures, volumetric and more, within the viewport.
There is much more in this release and its worth to check. NewTek changed his approach to LightWave and instead of improving the old one, NewTek decided for a fresh start. So far, this decision was the better one and we recommend trying LightWave 10.1.
Note: Technical data wasn’t changed.
Source and full article: NewTek