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
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Unity acquires Weta Digital for $1.6 billion
Firm aims to put Weta's legendary in-house VFX tools 'into the hands of millions of artists' worldwide.
Wednesday, November 10th, 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
All Sketchfab subscriptions now include commercial use
Even free Basic subscriptions to the online 3D model display platform can now be used commercially.
Saturday, October 16th, 2021
D5 Render 1.9 ships
Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system.
Friday, May 28th, 2021
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S24
Subscriber-only update to the 3D animation software adds new asset browser and scene manager, and new physics-enabled layout tools.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.0
Real-time rendering toolkit gets new GPU-accelerated ray tracing system, new 3D painting toolset.
Monday, April 5th, 2021
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2021.1
Significant update to the real-time visualisation tool adds new bridge to UE4, new Megascans assets.
Wednesday, March 31st, 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
Chaos rolls out Chaos Cosmos
New online library of architectural 3D models is optimised for V-Ray and Chaos Vantage. Free to users of selected versions of V-Ray 5.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Chaos Group becomes Chaos
V-Ray developer gets snappier new name and new set of product logos, designed by leading arch viz and branding agency Uniform.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
OctaneRender users to get World Creator for free
All part of a deal between Otoy and BiteTheBytes to link the GPU-based renderer and terrain generator.
Thursday, October 8th, 2020