Solid Angle founder Marcos Fajardo started development work on the Arnold renderer 18 years ago, popularizing the advanced Monte Carlo ray-tracing approach. In fact, Arnold had such an impact on the industry that Fajardo received an Academy Scientific and Engineering Award this year for his work on it. At Autodesk, he has continued to develop Arnold following its acquisition, and is also leading work on plug-ins for 3D content creation applications including Houdini, Cinema 4D, Katana, Maya and 3ds Max. www.solidangle.com
