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VFX rendering software for film & TV.

Photorealism that powers any production from blockbuster features to high-volume episodic content.
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High-end, production-proven rendering for VFX and animation.

Emmy- and Academy Award–winning offline rendering, real-time path tracing, simulation, and virtual production tools enable an end-to-end workflow that uses the same assets from pre to post, powering productions of any size.

Offline rendering
Production-ready previz
Powerful simulation
Fast rendering that scales
End-to-end workflow
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Hollywood-quality offline rendering

With Emmy and Academy Award-winning technology,
V-Ray delivers production-proven rendering, trusted on hundreds of blockbuster films and episodics.
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Award-winning ray tracing technology

V-Ray meets the highest standards and consistently delivers the performance, stability, and control required for award-winning productions.

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Photorealistic results

Physically accurate lighting and materials for first-class animation and VFX, letting you match live action or craft all CG worlds indistinguishable from real life.

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Trusted by top studios

The go-to choice across film and TV. Chaos tools are used across hundreds of feature films and episodic series.

VFX rendering software for film & TV from Chaos.

Powerful, production-proven offline and real-time rendering trusted by studios worldwide—plus virtual production–ready content, simulations, and more.

Industry-standard production rendering.

V-Ray delivers uncompromising quality, scalability, and reliability, supporting artists and studios throughout the entire VFX pipeline.

Real-time speed, real-world realism.

Next-level playblasts, previz, and real-time references - all in real-time, without the need for time-consuming asset conversions.

The fastest way from pipeline to wall.

A real-time path tracer, bringing final-pixel quality straight to LED stages, enabling seamless asset reuse between VFX and VP without any pre-processing.

Liquid, fire, and smoke simulation tool.

All-in-one solution for fluid dynamics in 3ds Max and Maya. Simulate realistic fire, smoke, liquids, ocean waves, splashes, spray, mist, and more.

Your fastest route from render to playback.

Play back your own or your team’s animation output as soon as rendering is complete.

See how Chaos tools are used in film and television.

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V-Ray VFX & animation showreel 2025 >

Dive into a world where anything is possible—epic space battles, mythical creatures, breathtaking environments, and unforgettable characters. Every frame is a testament to the limitless possibilities of Chaos tools and the boundless creativity of the artists who wield them.

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“Ray Tracing FTW” short film >

The team used only 3 days of shooting on the LED stage and managed up to 30 setups in a standard 10-hour shoot day —a testament to Arena’s stability, efficiency, and ease of use. Arena performed flawlessly, bringing over 2 trillion polygons to the screen for three consecutive days without any costly crashes often associated with traditional virtual production workflows.

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Behind the Scenes of Spider-Man: No Way Home >

Learn how famed VFX studio Digital Domain rendered seamless digidoubles for the friends and foes of Spider-Man: No Way Home. It wasn’t just classic villains that No Way Home brought back to the Spider-Man franchise. The blockbuster brought photoreal V-Ray rendering back to the franchise after its previous use on Spider-Man: Homecoming.

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Chaos Vantage 3

Chaos Vantage 3 is here, unlocking new frontiers in real-time creativity. Speed up your visualization workflows and enhance realism with powerful new additions like Gaussian splats, USD and MaterialX support, AI material generation, volumetrics, plus more than 5,000 new Cosmos assets.
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V-Ray 7 for Blender

Tap into the same award-winning technology used by leading studios to create world-class visuals. Achieve high-quality, photoreal results without complex setups.

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V-Ray 7 for Maya & Houdini

V-Ray 7 brings advanced new features for faster scene building, enhanced shading, and greater compatibility for seamless data exchange across DCCs.

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V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D

Speed up environment creation, collaborate more efficiently, and deliver immersive experiences for your clients with the new V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D.

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A sneak peek at what’s next.

Real-time rendering, where you work.

High-quality real-time output directly in Maya and Houdini viewports.

V-Ray for Blender on macOS.

Soon available to even more Blender users.

AI-powered tools.

Focus on what drives the story and let AI handle the rest.

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