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Big update reworks the layout and rendering tool's lighting pipeline and adds USD support. See the key features and pricing changes here.

Friday, February 1st, 2019

Now shipping: see videos of the new GPU rendering features and the new hair and toon shaders.

Friday, October 26th, 2018

Videos: major Houdini update adds Vellum multphysics solver, new cloth and hair tools, material-based facturing and simulation retiming.

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018

Open beta of next big update to renderer gets new layered texture node, in-viewport OptiX denoising.

Monday, September 17th, 2018

Update improves the IPR and GPU rendering architectures, extends the new toon and hair shaders.

Saturday, August 11th, 2018

V-Ray Next is a landmark update. Chaos Group reveals the thinking behind it, and the forces shaping rendering tools.

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Now shipping: Next big update to the renderer officially launches. See the key features and price changes here.

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Check out the new features in the first production release of the hotly tipped real-time gaseous fluid simulator for games and VFX work.

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023

Major update to the GPU renderer adds support for CPU and hybrid rendering. Support for AMD GPUs on Windows and Linux to come.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019

Long-awaited major update to the GPU renderer adds the Brigade path tracing engine, AI denoising, light linking, new ubermaterial.

Thursday, November 22nd, 2018

Now available: Update adds node based material system, volume modelling, MoGraph fields, and multi-pass rendering on the GPU.

Monday, September 3rd, 2018

Figure animation software gets new PBR renderer based on Blender's Cycles; improved rigging, Alembic export in the Pro edition.

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

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