graphics software company . for the psychological phenomenon see mental image . mental images gmbh type subsidiary of nvidia industry cgi computer software founded april 1986 berlin headquarters hq in berlin germany key people rolf herken president ceo and cto products mental ray realityserver mental mill metasl mental mesh iray dice number of employees 80 parent nvidia website www.mentalimages.com mental images gmbh stylized as mental images is a computer generated imagery cgi software firm based in berlin germany . the company provides rendering and 3d modeling technology for entertainment computer aided design scientific visualization and architecture . the company was founded by the physicists and computer scientists rolf herken hans christian hege robert h dicke and wolfgang kr ger and the economists g nter ansorge frank schn ckel and hans peter plettner as a company with limited liability & private limited partnership gmbh & co. kg in april 1986 in berlin germany . the mental ray software project started in 1986 . the first versions of the rendering software were influenced tested and used for production by mental images then operating large commercial computer animation division led by the visual effects supervisors john andrew berton 1986 1989 2000 academy award winner john nelson 1987 1989 and 1996 and 2000 academy award nominee stefen fangmeier 1988 1990 . in 2003 mental images completed an investment round led by viewpoint ventures and another large international private equity investor . since dec 2007 mental images gmbh is a wholly owned subsidiary of the nvidia corporation 1 with headquarters in berlin subsidiaries in san francisco mental images inc. and melbourne mental images pty. ltd. as well as an office in stockholm . after acquisition by nvidia the company has been renamed nvidia advanced rendering center nvidia arc gmbh . products edit mental images is the developer of the rendering software mental ray iray mental mill realityserver and dice . references edit mental images external links edit official website technical achievement award technical oscars 2003 prix ars electronica 1987 mental images office at the kant dreieck tower los angeles mental ray user group this article about an it related or software related company or corporation is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mental images & oldid 647215723 categories software companies of germany3d graphics software3d imagingcomputer aided design softwarecompanies established in 19861986 establishments in germanyinformation technology company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 08 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view