Chaos adds Chaos Scans to Cosmos for V-Ray Update 1
Chaos has released V-Ray Update 1 (V-Ray 7.1), the latest version of the production renderer for architectural visualization, visual effects, motion graphics and animation.
The update makes over 3,100 scanned real-world materials from the Chaos Scans library available via Chaos Cosmos, available as part of all V-Ray subscriptions.
At the time of writing, the Maya, SketchUp and Rhino editions have been updated, with 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Houdini due to follow in the “coming days”.
3,100+ real-world materials from Chaos Scans added to the Cosmos library
The headline change in V-Ray 7 Update 1 is that over 3,100 scanned real-world materials from the Chaos Scans have been added to the built-in Chaos Cosmos library.
The scans provided include metal, leather, paper, plastic, rubber, and packaging materials.
That change is partly a workflow improvement, making it possible to drag and drop materials directly into a scene, rather than having to import them manually.
However, it also makes the assets available to all V-Ray subscribers: whereas access to V-Ray Scans is only included in Premium and Enterprise plans, Chaos Cosmos is also available with lower-priced Solo plans.
Solo subscribers can load and render the scans, but a Premium or Enterprise subscription is still required to edit the scan data.
Currently available for Maya, Rhino and SketchUp and coming soon to other host apps
At the time of writing, V-Ray 7 Update 1 has been released for Maya, Rhino and SketchUp.
All three also include bugfixes, and smaller feature improvements: notably, a new manually configurable distributed rendering mode, Classic DR, in the Rhino and SketchUp editions.
Update 1 will be released for V-Ray’s other actively updated integrations, which include 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Houdini, “in the coming days”.
Price and system requirements
V-Ray is available rental-only. Node-locked V-Ray Solo subscriptions cost $84.90/month or $514.80/year; floating V-Ray Premium subscriptions cost $119.90/month or $718.80/year.
Enterprise subscriptions cost $598.80/year.
You can find system requirements for each V-Ray integration in the online documentation.
Read an overview of the changes in V-Ray 7.1 on Chaos’s website
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