May 21, 2020
First update to the Houdini edition of the renderer adds support for custom AOVs and debug shading. Read More »
May 5, 2020
Read our pick of the features in the public beta, from the new LightMix system to out-of-core rendering. Read More »
November 27, 2019
Update adds RTX-accelerated GPU ray tracing, new animation-friendly light cache and deep EXR output. Read More »
November 22, 2019
This week's 10.2 release of CUDA Toolkit, used by many GPU render engines, is the last to run on Macs. Read More »
November 20, 2019
Rendering on current Nvidia GPUs now 'about 40%' faster, thanks to new support for RTX acceleration. Read More »
September 27, 2019
Rhino edition of the renderer gets new Cryptomatte render element, expanded support for Grasshopper. Read More »
July 29, 2019
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering. Read More »
June 5, 2019
Renderer gets new toon shader, debug shading, memory tracking tools, and updates to V-Ray GPU. Read More »
May 13, 2019
Renderer gets V-Ray GPU updates, Cryptomatte support for VRayProxy, and new memory tracking system. Read More »
April 25, 2019
Modo edition of the renderer gets new scene intelligence features, faster GPU rendering, new rolling shutter effect. Read More »
February 28, 2019
Accessible within nine key editions of V-Ray, with Corona Renderer and Phoenix FD to come, but limited GPU support as yet. Read More »
November 30, 2018
Update improves IPR performance in the 3ds Max renderer, and adds support for GPU bucket rendering. Read More »
October 26, 2018
Now shipping: see videos of the new GPU rendering features and the new hair and toon shaders. Read More »
September 17, 2018
Open beta of next big update to renderer gets new layered texture node, in-viewport OptiX denoising. Read More »
August 14, 2018
'Project Lavina' demo shows 300 billion triangles rendering at over 25fps on a single commercial GPU. Read More »
August 11, 2018
Update improves the IPR and GPU rendering architectures, extends the new toon and hair shaders. Read More »
August 10, 2018
Free plugin for editing Substance materials in 3ds Max now supports animation and network rendering. Read More »
May 31, 2018
V-Ray Next is a landmark update. Chaos Group reveals the thinking behind it, and the forces shaping rendering tools. Read More »
May 22, 2018
Now shipping: Next big update to the renderer officially launches. See the key features and price changes here. Read More »
May 4, 2018
Check out all the new features of the upcoming release, plus a demo of volume rendering on the GPU. Read More »
