Chaos releases Vantage 3.4
Check out the new features in the real-time ray tracing renderer, including OpenPBR support and updates to smoke and fire sims.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
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Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Blender
New features in the Blender edition of the renderer include a quick caustics system, UDIM support, and conversion of Cycles to V-Ray lights.
Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Houdini
Houdini edition of the renderer gets support for relighting Gaussian splats, better volume rendering, tighter integration with Solaris.
Sunday, July 12th, 2026
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Maya
Maya edition of the renderer gets support for AMD GPU rendering, and better support for Bifrost and rendering 3D Gaussian Splats.
Friday, July 10th, 2026
V-Ray for Blender Update 3 now runs on Linux
Blender version of the renderer also gets a new Node Wrangler and GPU rendering on AMD GPUs, including in the free Community Edition.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Chaos releases Corona 15 for 3ds Max and Blender
Generative AI ideation tool Veras now comes bundled free with the architectural renderer. Check out the other new features in the release.
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
Chaos reinstates support for AMD GPUs in V-Ray
The V-Ray GPU render engine now supports AMD cards again via AMD's HIP framework - and they're actually faster than NVIDIA in some scenes.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 Update 3 for 3ds Max
Check out the new features in the 3ds Max renderer, including native parallax interiors, quick caustics, and relighting 3D Gaussian Splats.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
You can now use V-Ray free for commercial work in Blender
See the strengths and limitations of the new V-Ray for Blender Community Edition, and how it compares to other pro renderers.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
Chaos discontinues its Phoenix fluid simulation software
Smoke, fire and liquid simulator for 3ds Max and Maya is now end-of-support, and will receive no further compatibility updates or fixes.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
AOUSD releases the OpenUSD Core Specification
First formal USD spec marks a step towards making USD an ISO-ratified cross-industry standard. See what it means for CG software developers.
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025
Review: are the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 worth the money for CG?
See how NVIDIA's top-of-the-range Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs performed in real-world tests in popular DCC applications.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.2 for Maya
Check out the changes to the Maya edition of the renderer, including a new displacement material, and a viewport live link to Vantage.
Saturday, December 13th, 2025