Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 3.0

Maya crowd simulation system gets better support for deforming terrain - and option to render out in 3ds Max.

Monday, March 24th, 2014

V-Ray for Blender becomes official Chaos Group plugin

Free scene exporter gets Chaos Group product page and forum as original developer joins company.

Friday, February 21st, 2014

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max

It's out of beta! Read more about version 3.0's render speed boosts, new features, and new pricing here.

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

Evermotion's NOX renderer now supports V-Ray scenes

0.41 update to free unbiased render engine adds script to process basic V-Ray lights and materials.

Wednesday, January 29th, 2014

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino

Update adds V-Ray RT GPU, plus bonus add-on with 200 readymade material and lighting set-ups.

Tuesday, December 10th, 2013

Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs 2013

Jason Lewis puts 11 of the leading current workstation graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.

Thursday, November 7th, 2013

V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta

Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.

Monday, November 4th, 2013

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp

V-Ray for SketchUp 1.6 beta becomes full-point release, adding proxies, V-Ray RT, need for dongle.

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

The best new software from Siggraph 2013

Updated: We round up the main new products from the show - including five more we missed first time round.

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

Motiva ships Colimo 1.7

Free update to clever tool for relighting rendered images in real time includes native V-Ray support.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

Sneak peek: the new features in V-Ray 3.0

Next release to boost brute force raytracing and much more, VRay.info reports from End User Event 2013.

Monday, July 1st, 2013

Chaos Group unveils V-Ray 1.6 for SketchUp

Try this major update to the renderer while it's in open beta and use $800 of software free for three months.

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Tutorial: Post-production in 3ds Max and Photoshop

Master core post-production skills to improve your interior renders with Jamie Cardoso's exclusive tutorial.

Thursday, May 9th, 2013