According to the developer's claim, Redshift is the first 3D renderer with full GPU acceleration on the market.
It was initially released in 2014 by Redshift Rendering Technologies Inc.[2][3] In 2017 Redshift experimented with a virtual reality input user interface, initially tailored for architects.
[4] In 2019 the Redshift Rendering Technologies Inc. was acquired along with all rights on its software product by the German 3D software company Maxon, the developer of Cinema 4D.
[3] On 13 April 2021 the software received its first version for macOS, natively supporting both Apple M1 GPU and AMD GPUs on Intel-based macs.
[5] To do so, the port utilises the Apple Metal API.