Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for SketchUp Update 2

SketchUp renderer gets new scattering and decal systems, big update to real-time render mode V-Ray Vision.

Friday, November 5th, 2021

Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max Update 2

3ds Max renderer gets new texture projection system V-Ray Decal and light instancing with VRayInstancer.

Tuesday, October 26th, 2021

Chaos Czech releases Corona Renderer 7

Updated: 3ds Max and Cinema 4D editions of the renderer both ship. Check out their new features here.

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

Chaos releases V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max Update 1

Update adds support for masks in the V-Ray Frame Buffer, better caustics and translucent materials.

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Sneak peek: Chaos Group's R&D work on V-Ray's VRayMtl

Video: see the new translucency in the standard V-Ray material, expected in V-Ray 5 Update 1.

Wednesday, January 20th, 2021

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Maya

Now shipping: check out the new features in the next big update to the Maya edition of the renderer.

Friday, August 7th, 2020

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.12 for 3ds Max and Maya

Fluid simulator gets support for instancing sims, plus volumetric rendering on the GPU via V-Ray Next for Maya.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2018

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.6 for SketchUp

Big update to the SketchUp edition of the renderer adds support for viewport rendering and hybrid CPU/GPU renders.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

Chaos Group puts Arnold's alSurface shader in V-Ray

Download the free V-Ray version of the VFX industry-standard shader. Works with both Max and Maya.

Sunday, October 9th, 2016

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.3 for Maya

Maya edition of the renderer gets feature parity with 3ds Max; speed boosts of 20-50% on 'most scenes'.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Nuke

Edit V-Ray lights, materials and render properties directly inside Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max SP1

Lots of new features for a service pack, including support for hair, SSS and Light Caches in V-Ray RT GPU.

Friday, December 12th, 2014

Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.0 for Maya

Now shipping: Speed boosts, new progressive renderer, plus new option to render Bifrost meshes.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2014