ACT-3D has released Lumion 9, real-time rendering software for arch-viz.
The developers promise “photorealistic environments faster than ever before” with the photorealistic sky, rain, and grass:
39 Real Skies and their pre-configured Sky Light settings
![lumion 9](https://www.3darchitettura.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lumion_9_skies.jpg)
Customizable 3D Grass materials
![lumion 9](https://www.3darchitettura.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lumion_9_grass.jpg)
Atmospheric Rain and Snow
![lumion 9](https://www.3darchitettura.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lumion_9_rain-1.gif)
122 highly realistic new materials in Lumion 9 Pro
![lumion 9](https://www.3darchitettura.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lumion_9_materials.jpg)
634 new HD objects, including furniture, people and vehicles, with a total of 5259 objects in the content library
![lumion 9](https://www.3darchitettura.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lumion_9_objects.jpg)
And also: LiveSync for Rhino 6, updated OpenStreetMap, automatic file recovery, save groups, intuitive object placement with hotkeys and some other UX features.
More information on Lumion website