Next Limit ships Maxwell 5.2

Physically based renderer gets GPU support for Multilight, including Nvidia's Ampere GPUs. Now loads Substance .sbsar files.

Friday, March 12th, 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 Cinema 4D

Long-awaited rewrite of the C4D renderer adds built-in compositing and new GPU rendering features.

Friday, December 11th, 2020

Sneak peek: V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D

Updated: early registration now available for the beta of the next major version of the C4D renderer.

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

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 releases V-Ray for Unreal Update 3

Plugin transfers scenes created in other editions of V-Ray to UE4 for rendering. Check out what's new.

Thursday, June 25th, 2020

Chaos Group ships V-Ray 5

The next generation of V-Ray is now out of beta, and available to buy. Check out the new features in Chaos Group's powerful renderer.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

Discover 10 key artist features in V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max

Read our pick of the features in the public beta, from the new LightMix system to out-of-core rendering.

Tuesday, May 5th, 2020

Get the free V-Ray for Maya Personal Learning Edition

New PLE edition of the renderer can be used for free indefinitely, unlike the existing trial version.

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Houdini

Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

Eye candy: Chaos Group's new V-Ray VFX showreel

See amazing work created with the renderer, then follow our links to the studios' technical breakdowns.

Friday, May 3rd, 2019

Chaos Group acquires V-RayforC4D from LAUBlab

Buyout expected to speed up development of C4D edition of the renderer, but makes it rental-only.

Monday, November 5th, 2018

Sneak peek: rendering Corona materials in V-Ray for 3ds Max

Upcoming V-Ray Next hotfix to let users render Corona materials directly and convert common Corona textures.

Tuesday, June 12th, 2018