Chaos Group launches V-Ray Next for 3ds Max

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

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Sneak peek: V-Ray Next for Maya

Video: see the new toon shader coming up in the next major update to the Maya edition of the renderer.

Friday, May 4th, 2018

Online documentation for V-Ray Next for Max goes live

Check out all the new features of the upcoming release, plus a demo of volume rendering on the GPU.

Friday, May 4th, 2018

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.7 for Nuke

Nuke edition of V-Ray gets support for progressive rendering and the V-Ray hair shader and sampler.

Friday, April 27th, 2018

Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.6 for Modo

Modo edition of the renderer gets hybrid CPU/GPU rendering, V-Ray Fur and support for Cryptomatte.

Saturday, March 24th, 2018

Chaos Group releases Beta 2 of V-Ray Next for 3ds Max

Latest beta adds Nvidia's AI-based OptiX render denoising system, GPU volume rendering, updates to the hair shader.

Friday, February 23rd, 2018

Chaos Group releases Beta 1 of V-Ray Next for 3ds Max

Updated: Find more info on the new light cache analysis-based 'smart features' like auto exposure.

Monday, January 22nd, 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

Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 1.7 for 3ds Max

Now shipping: renderer gets new dedicated camera, skin and hair shaders, 300 readymade materials.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.6 for Maya

Big update adds hybrid CPU/GPU rendering; V-Ray materials and lights work directly in Viewport 2.0.

Thursday, September 14th, 2017

Chaos Group buys Corona developer Render Legion

Both V-Ray and Corona keep their original dev teams, but tech will be shared between the two renderers.

Sunday, August 27th, 2017

Eye candy: Chaos Group's 2017 V-Ray Showreel

See amazing new work created using the renderer, from Rogue One to kaleidoscopic commercials.

Tuesday, August 15th, 2017

Golaem ships Golaem 6

Maya crowd animation tool gets new options for creating custom AI, support for traffic simulation, plus new dynamic emission system.

Thursday, June 29th, 2017