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V-Ray 7, update 1 brings the Chaos Scans library with over 3,100 ultra-realistic scanned materials to Chaos Cosmos.
Update nowV-Ray® for 3ds Max is a production-proven rendering software. Known for its versatility and ability to handle any type of project — from massive, dynamic scenes having thousands of lights to a sublime still life — it is the go-to solution for artists and designers across 3D industries.
From individual creators to the biggest enterprises, we have a plan for you
with the purchase of any Chaos license.
1 license – billed annually US $514.80
For use by a single user with a single login and password. Use your personal single license on multiple devices with your My Chaos login.
1 license – billed annually US $718.80
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
1 license – billed annually US $1 149.60
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
with the purchase of any Chaos license.
Find the plan that's right for you.
For use by a single user with a single login and password. Use your personal single license on multiple devices with your My Chaos login.
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
V-Ray integrates with your favourite design applications
Reliable, high-end customer assistance
Stay current with latest innovations
Free access to expert training
Share licenses across multiple machines and users
Industry leading photoreal renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Wide range of post-production tools available
Integration into all leading 3D CAD/BIM/DCC softwares
One license for all your modelling platforms
Highest visual realisim for interior & exterior
Choose between CPU, GPU, or both for peak performance
Built to handle your most complex scenes
Lighting with procedural clouds, Sun & Sky model, GI, caustics, and more
Effortless environment creation with Gaussian splats
Reduce noise and speed up production rendering
Real-time ray traced viewport to support decision making
Real-time previews of your V-Ray scene
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Impress your clients with immersive virtual tours
Render on our servers and never be limited by time or hardware
High-quality video walkthroughs
Easy to start with presets, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire, smoke, and fog effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces that never repeat
Control over floating objects
Fast and smooth image sequence playback
Produce high quality animations with real time ray tracing
Smart moving crowds
Smart moving traffic
Thousands of ready-to-render models
Thousands of scanned & CG photoreal materials
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Thousands of high-quality 4D and 3D people models
Find the plan that's right for you.
For use by a single user with a single login and password. Use your personal single license on multiple devices with your My Chaos login.
V-Ray integrates with your favourite design applications
Reliable, high-end customer assistance
Stay current with latest innovations
Free access to expert training
Share licenses across multiple machines and users
Industry leading photoreal renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Wide range of post-production tools available
Integration into all leading 3D CAD/BIM/DCC softwares
One license for all your modelling platforms
Highest visual realisim for interior & exterior
Choose between CPU, GPU, or both for peak performance
Built to handle your most complex scenes
Lighting with procedural clouds, Sun & Sky model, GI, caustics, and more
Effortless environment creation with Gaussian splats
Reduce noise and speed up production rendering
Real-time ray traced viewport to support decision making
Real-time previews of your V-Ray scene
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Impress your clients with immersive virtual tours
Render on our servers and never be limited by time or hardware
High-quality video walkthroughs
Easy to start with presets, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire, smoke, and fog effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces that never repeat
Control over floating objects
Fast and smooth image sequence playback
Produce high quality animations with real time ray tracing
Smart moving crowds
Smart moving traffic
Thousands of ready-to-render models
Thousands of scanned & CG photoreal materials
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Thousands of high-quality 4D and 3D people models
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
V-Ray integrates with your favourite design applications
Reliable, high-end customer assistance
Stay current with latest innovations
Free access to expert training
Share licenses across multiple machines and users
Industry leading photoreal renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Wide range of post-production tools available
Integration into all leading 3D CAD/BIM/DCC softwares
One license for all your modelling platforms
Highest visual realisim for interior & exterior
Choose between CPU, GPU, or both for peak performance
Built to handle your most complex scenes
Lighting with procedural clouds, Sun & Sky model, GI, caustics, and more
Effortless environment creation with Gaussian splats
Reduce noise and speed up production rendering
Real-time ray traced viewport to support decision making
Real-time previews of your V-Ray scene
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Impress your clients with immersive virtual tours
Render on our servers and never be limited by time or hardware
High-quality video walkthroughs
Easy to start with presets, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire, smoke, and fog effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces that never repeat
Control over floating objects
Fast and smooth image sequence playback
Produce high quality animations with real time ray tracing
Smart moving crowds
Smart moving traffic
Thousands of ready-to-render models
Thousands of scanned & CG photoreal materials
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Thousands of high-quality 4D and 3D people models
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
V-Ray integrates with your favourite design applications
Reliable, high-end customer assistance
Stay current with latest innovations
Free access to expert training
Share licenses across multiple machines and users
Industry leading photoreal renderer
Total control for the expert users who need it
Wide range of post-production tools available
Integration into all leading 3D CAD/BIM/DCC softwares
One license for all your modelling platforms
Highest visual realisim for interior & exterior
Choose between CPU, GPU, or both for peak performance
Built to handle your most complex scenes
Lighting with procedural clouds, Sun & Sky model, GI, caustics, and more
Effortless environment creation with Gaussian splats
Reduce noise and speed up production rendering
Real-time ray traced viewport to support decision making
Real-time previews of your V-Ray scene
Share your work, gather feedback, and manage approvals
Impress your clients with immersive virtual tours
Render on our servers and never be limited by time or hardware
High-quality video walkthroughs
Easy to start with presets, powerful enough for complex effects
Create any type of fire, smoke, and fog effects
Create realistic liquid simulations
Create ocean surfaces that never repeat
Control over floating objects
Fast and smooth image sequence playback
Produce high quality animations with real time ray tracing
Smart moving crowds
Smart moving traffic
Thousands of ready-to-render models
Thousands of scanned & CG photoreal materials
HDRI skies for lighting any day, night, or studio scene
Ability to edit & customize Chaos Scans materials
Thousands of high-quality 4D and 3D people models
For truly photorealistic renders, you want a raytracer that’s built for quality, optimized for speed, and ready to scale. V-Ray gives you the power to work with lightning-fast interactive and heavyweight production rendering—all while getting the most from your CPU and GPU hardware.
When you’re working with the biggest scene you’ve ever seen, you need a renderer that won’t let you down. Billions of polygons? Thousands of lights? V-Ray can handle it all. Render anything and everything with V-Ray. Adaptive Lights, Proxy Objects, Distributed Rendering — an arsenal of production-proven features when you need them.
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V-Ray equips you with a complete set of lighting, shading, and rendering tools—all integrated with 3ds Max. The redesigned V-Ray Frame buffer with light mixing and layered compositing means you only need to use one tool for more than just rendering — no need to go back and forth between different apps.
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Present your ideas in 100% ray-traced quality without the need of extra optimizations and conversions. Make project changes directly in 3ds Max and validate your designs on the spot.
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V-Ray is compatible with all the most popular 3ds Max plugins — Substance, Forest Pack, Railclone, Ornatrix, Tyflow, Phoenix, and more. V-Ray is also the perfect fit for any pipeline with support for open standards such as Alembic, OSL, OpenColorIO, and now ACEScg. Plus, it works seamlessly with data from other Chaos products like Enscape.
Update 1 brings the Chaos Scans library with over 3,100 ultra-realistic scanned materials to Chaos Cosmos.
Accelerate creation through cutting-edge technology and deliver immersive experiences to your clients with greater ease than ever before. Explore new options for complete creative control while minimizing the need for re-touching and instancing in third-party applications. Bringing your scenes to life is now effortless with enhanced render-ready assets and new options for more realistic artificial and natural lighting. Render faster and more efficiently without sacrificing quality—and much more.
Check out the list of versatile features available in
the V-Ray for 3ds Max rendering plugin.
We love the photorealistic quality V-Ray can achieve, plus the ability to fine-tune parameters to meet our specific needs.
Andy Thomas, Head of Visualization & VR, EMEA, AECOM
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