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
GPU rendering
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 3.6 for 3ds Max
Update adds neat new V-Ray Hybrid CPU/GPU rendering tech, support for Cryptomatte automated ID matte generation.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
AMD unveils seven new Radeon Pro workstation GPUs
Radeon Pro 500 series available in iMacs now; new top-of-the-range Radeon Pro Vega 64 and 56 to come in December.
Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5
Release improves speed and quality, adds new physically based shaders. Updated: new Houdini plugin HtoA 2.0 now available.
Friday, April 21st, 2017
Sneak peek: Arnold 5
See new features due in the next release of the renderer, including a physically based hair shader, better volumetrics, and support for OSL.
Friday, March 31st, 2017
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.5 for Maya
Sizeable update to renderer adds interactive lights, better interactive look dev, resumable rendering.
Thursday, March 30th, 2017
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.5 for 3ds Max
Big update adds new Adaptive Lights system, resumable renders, greatly extends GPU rendering.
Friday, February 10th, 2017
Sneak peek: V-Ray 3.5 for 3ds Max
New video: New features will include resumable rendering and major updates to V-Ray RT GPU.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
Maxon picks AMD's Radeon ProRender for Cinema 4D
OpenCL-based GPU render engine will be integrated into Cinema 4D over the next few release cycles.
Monday, October 31st, 2016
AMD announces massive 1TB RadeonPro SSG GPU
Rule-breaking new card comes with slots for NAND flash memory to power through GPU rendering work.
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
Get Chaos Group's free 60 page guide to GPU rendering
Download a PDF overview of key trends and best practices in GPU rendering. Targeted at V-Ray, but useful to anyone.
Thursday, June 16th, 2016
Glare Techologies ships Indigo Renderer 4.0 in beta
Long-awaited update adds support for pure GPU rendering. Supports multiple AMD, Nvidia or Intel GPUs.
Monday, April 11th, 2016