Krzysztof Marczak released new version of Mandelbulber, am increasingly popular free 3D fractals exploring application. There's just one new feature, but it's very much worth releasing: volumetric lights.

You can control effect's quality and intensity, intensity of main light etc. A picture is worth thousand words, isn't it? Here is a very simple sample from the bundle:

Incidentally, we skipped covering previous version, released just a week ago, that featured a new formula called Smooth Mandelbox, and a toggle for visibility of shadows for auxiliary lights, as well as few other improvements and fixes.

As usual, you can download builds for 32bit and 64bit Linux systems and a build for Windows.

More on this topic:

• Mandelbulber 1.04 released with new fractal formulas
• Fragmentarium 0.8.0 adds new fractal types, simple animation and more raytracer features
• Mandelbulber 0.99 brings 360 degrees panoramic views to 3D fractals
• Mandelbulber 0.98: a new formula and open file preview
• Fragmentarium: a new GPU-side generative art tool