V-Ray is a biased computer-generated imagery rendering software application developed by Bulgarian software company Chaos. V-Ray is a commercial plug-in for third-party 3D computer graphics software applications and is used for visualizations and computer graphics in industries such as media, entertainment, film and video game production, industrial design, product design and architecture.chaos.com. About Chaos Group. February 05, 2024.
Overview V-Ray is a rendering engine that uses global illumination algorithms, including path tracing, photon mapping, irradiance maps and directly computed global illumination.
The desktop 3D applications that are supported by V-Ray are: Autodesk 3ds Max Autodesk Revit Cinema 4D Autodesk Maya Nuke Rhinoceros SketchUp Katana Unreal Engine Houdini Blender
Academic and stand-alone versions of V-Ray are also available.
Modo support was discontinued at the end of 2021.
In 2021, V-Ray received an Engineering Emmy Award from the Television Academy.
Notable studios using V-Ray
North America United States Method Studios Digital Domain Blur Studio Zoic Studios Apple Inc. Hogarth Worldwide
Canada Bardel Entertainment
Europe France ZAG Entertainment
Netherlands PostOffice Amsterdam
Germany Scanline VFX Asia
South Korea SAMG Entertainment
See also List of 3D rendering software
References
Further reading Francesco Legrenzi, V-Ray - The Complete Guide, 2008 Markus Kuhlo and Enrico Eggert, Architectural Rendering with 3ds Max and V-Ray: Photorealistic Visualization, Focal Press, 2010 Ciro Sannino, Photography and Rendering with V-Ray, GC Edizioni, 2012 Luca Deriu, V-Ray e Progettazione 3D, EPC Editore, 2013 Ciro Sannino, Chiaroscuro with V-Ray, GC Edizioni, 2019
External links
Chaos Group V-Ray at rhino3d.com A Closer Look At VRAY Architectural Review of V-Ray VRay Material Downloads and Resource Library VRAYforC4D - the website of V-Ray for Cinema4d, made by LAUBlab KG Free Material Library