December 11, 2020
Long-awaited rewrite of the C4D renderer adds built-in compositing and new GPU rendering features. Read More »
February 19, 2020
Update adds hardware-accelerated rendering on Nvidia RTX GPUs, and improves material editing workflow. Read More »
July 29, 2019
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering. Read More »
October 26, 2018
Now shipping: see videos of the new GPU rendering features and the new hair and toon shaders. Read More »
September 17, 2018
Open beta of next big update to renderer gets new layered texture node, in-viewport OptiX denoising. Read More »
August 11, 2018
Update improves the IPR and GPU rendering architectures, extends the new toon and hair shaders. Read More »
May 31, 2018
V-Ray Next is a landmark update. Chaos Group reveals the thinking behind it, and the forces shaping rendering tools. Read More »
May 22, 2018
Now shipping: Next big update to the renderer officially launches. See the key features and price changes here. Read More »