Chaos acquires architectural AI tools developer EvolveLAB
Chaos adds AI visualization and ideation app Veras to its product line. See what the buyout means for users of both firms' tools.
Thursday, February 20th, 2025
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Chaos releases Vantage 2.7
Real-time ray tracing renderer for exploring large V-Ray scenes gets OCIO color management, DLSS 4, and new lens distortion system.
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
Chaos releases Beta 2 of the new V-Ray for Blender
Updated: New free public beta build of the long-awaited Blender integration for V-Ray based on the V-Ray 7 core is now available
Friday, February 7th, 2025
See five great VFX breakdowns from the 2025 V-Ray showreel
See breakdowns of five key movies, TV series, cinematics and animated shorts created in V-Ray from Chaos's latest showreel.
Monday, February 3rd, 2025
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Houdini
Check out the new features in the renderer, including a new Houdini-specific volume shader and better integration with Solaris.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Maya
Check out the new features in the VFX renderer, including OpenPBR support and changes to USD support specific to the Maya edition.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D
Check out the new features in the renderer, including native OpenPBR and 3D Gaussian Splatting support, and improvements to V-Ray GPU.
Thursday, January 16th, 2025
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artists
Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for SketchUp
SketchUp edition of the renderer gets support for 3D Gaussian Splats, luminaires for lighting, and new material override options.
Thursday, December 12th, 2024
Chaos ships Corona 12 Update 1 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Architectural renderer gets new live link to Chaos Vantage, better volumetric caustics, and new AI-based render upscaling system.
Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for 3ds Max
Latest major update to the renderer adds support for 3D Gaussian Splatting and luminaires, and updates V-Ray GPU and the VFB.
Thursday, October 31st, 2024
Chaos releases Vantage 2.6
Real-time ray tracing renderer for large V-Ray scenes gets support for the V-Ray Clipper and a new Water Surface object.
Saturday, October 26th, 2024
Group test: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series and Super Series GPUs
Discover which NVIDIA GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests, including Blender, Maya and UE5.
Friday, August 30th, 2024