Whoa, TheaRender 1.3 was just released, and not only is it now rendering CPU + GPU, they've imported Embree to make it even faster.  That thing must absolutely scream!

 

Sadly, no Carrara plugin for it yet :(  so for now I'll still have to export from Carrara and retexture in Thea when I want to render (not that it takes all that long to do but still...).

 

I was already very enthusiastic about the new GPU + CPU version of Thea I knew was coming, but I had no idea that Embree would also be incorporated.   My current laptop won't run this new version yet, but I'm very very tempted to do something drastic and run out and spend some money on a new computer so I can get in on the action.