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<h2 id="products">Products</h2> <p>Mental Images was the developer of the <a href="/facts/Rendering_(computer_graphics)/YYxfnmAq">rendering</a> software <a href="/facts/Mental_ray/8CuIkKhM">mental ray</a>, iray,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> mental mill, RealityServer, and DiCE. Mental ray is a production-quality render engine that has been used in many feature films, including <a href="/facts/Hulk/7lNCHsaW">Hulk</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Matrix_Reloaded/huFoblfl">The Matrix Reloaded</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Matrix_Revolutions/jtwh4vK0">The Matrix Revolutions</a>, <a href="/facts/Star_Wars%3a_Episode_II_%25E2%2580%2593_Attack_of_the_Clones/H5op1Ss6">Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Day_After_Tomorrow/pJrCIQCh">The Day After Tomorrow</a>, and much more over three decades.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <ul><li><i>Mental Images</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> (1987) (movie awarded at Prix Ars Electronica 1987, 4 min, demonstrating the technical possibilities of the time)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Asterix_in_America/Euazgsth">Asterix in America</a></i> (1994) (3D computer animation "Storm Sequence" and digital effects, software development)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Heaven_(2002_film)/ILDWzN2E">Heaven</a></i> (2002) (images computed with Mental Ray)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.mentalimages.com/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://archive.aec.at/prix/133730/"><i></i>Prix Ars Electronica 1987, Award of Distinction for the film "Mental Images"<i></i></a>, 1987</li> <li><a href="https://www.oscars.org/sci-tech/ceremonies/2003">Technical Oscars: The 75th Scientific & Technical Awards 2002 / 2003</a></li> <li>mental images office at the <a href="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/kleihues/kant_dreieck/">Kant Dreieck</a> tower</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021122115228/http://lamrug.org/"><i></i>Los Angeles mental ray User Group<i></i></a>, archived from <a href="http://lamrug.org/">the original</a> on 2002-11-22</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Mental Images conjures up funding". CNET. Retrieved 2024-05-01. <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/mental-images-conjures-up-funding/" target="_blank">https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/mental-images-conjures-up-funding/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"mental images®". Archived from the original on 6 Jun 2011. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110606071416/http://www.nvidia.com/object/mental_images.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110606071416/http://www.nvidia.com/object/mental_images.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Keller, Alexander; Wächter, Carsten; Raab, Matthias; Seibert, Daniel; van Antwerpen, Dietger; Korndörfer, Johann; Kettner, Lutz (2017). "The iray light transport simulation and rendering system". ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 Talks. Los Angeles, California: ACM. pp. 1–2. arXiv:1705.01263. doi:10.1145/3084363.3085050. ISBN 978-1-4503-5008-2. <a href="978-1-4503-5008-2" target="_blank">978-1-4503-5008-2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"The Great History of Mental ray: 1990-2018". inspirationtuts. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 2025-04-08. <a href="https://inspirationtuts.com/the-history-of-mental-ray/" target="_blank">https://inspirationtuts.com/the-history-of-mental-ray/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"What Happened to Mental ray — Mental ray history“ on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEgVJ-wsPZg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEgVJ-wsPZg</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"MENTAL IMAGES“ on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOVmmml7PCs" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOVmmml7PCs</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>