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I believe a company called Alias invented the software program.
The company Maya Software is owned by the company called Autodesk. One can receive a trial of the Maya 3D Software free of cost at the official Maya 3D Software website.
It's an animation and visual FX software. Maya means illusion.
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8 identifies the version of the software; it is the 8th major version of this software. Maya is software designed to create 3D files for use in animations, movies, or 3D rendered images.
Mental Ray is one of the rendering engines in Autodesk Maya software.
Around 500BC
MAYA is a 3D creation/rendering software program, used to design and render 3D graphics/videos. It is the most widely used software in the gaming and animation industry.
Maya and many others
The Maya - they invented it.
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Yes. Of course. Maya software have disadvantages. For examples: Money and time. To complete an animation, you might need to use lots of time and money and it might take you about few month.