Chaos releases Chaos Vantage 1.8

Check out the new features in the real-time tool for exploring V-Ray scenes, like the new cloud system.

Monday, July 18th, 2022

iToo Software releases Forest Pack 7.4.3 for 3ds Max

Scattering plugin gets support for V-Ray 6, plus new options for replacing scene objects by name.

Thursday, July 14th, 2022

Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max

Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.

Thursday, July 7th, 2022

New CGarchitect rendering survey shows trends in arch viz

V-Ray and Corona still dominate market, but UE4, Twinmotion and D5 Render all gaining ground.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022

Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for Unreal Update 1

Plugin for importing V-Ray scenes into Unreal Engine gets support for render relighting, skeletal meshes.

Monday, January 31st, 2022

Chaos discontinues V-Ray for Modo and Katana

Sales of the Modo and Katana editions of the renderer have ended, but support continues until December 2022.

Friday, January 21st, 2022

Chaos and Enscape to merge

Private equity-led deal to unite developers of three of arch viz's most popular renderers. All of both firms' products remain available.

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Chaos releases V-Ray 5 for Houdini Update 2

Update to the Houdini edition of the renderer extends V-Ray for Solaris, improves the hair material.

Saturday, December 11th, 2021

Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D Update 2

Cinema 4D renderer gets new texture randomisation options, light instancing, native support for Apple M1 processors.

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021

Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for Maya Update 2

Renderer gets new decal system, support for USD lights, access to the Chaos Cosmos asset library.

Friday, November 12th, 2021

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

Enter the 2021 Hum3D Car Render Challenge

Enter the top CG art contest before 8 December, and you could win prizes worth thousands of dollars.

Sunday, September 19th, 2021