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ENIGMATICO :flag_bisexual: :flag_nonbinary:@enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be (2026-10-08 04:14:13)
Why using POVRay in 2026? Or 2027? Or 2040?

Because it's the only renderer from the 90s that still has that old school feeling in its renders, aside of maybe Bryce or using some old software from that era. But POVRay is still maintained to this day, unlike the others. So if you want your renders to look old school, that's what you want to use.

And I mean it, this isn't something you can easily replicate with any other renderer. The way lighting works is different on each renderer.

Besides... there aren't that many renderers that use a descriptive language so that you can create scenes dynamically. I believe it's still used a lot in science because of that.