How we made Chaos Scatter — and where it's going next
V-Ray Product Specialist Petya Georgieva explains how the latest version of Chaos Scatter will make it even easier to populate scenes with multiple objects .
For 3D artists who need a fast and flexible renderer, Chaos® V-Ray® is built for speed, and designed for production. No matter the project, V-Ray delivers when it matters most.
V-Ray is production-proven. For more than a decade, the world’s leading studios have used V-Ray to render over 400 television series and feature films. In 2017, V-Ray’s ray tracing technology received a Sci-Tech Academy Award for its contribution to photorealistic visual effects. In 2021, V-Ray was awarded with an Engineering Emmy for advancing the use of fully ray-traced rendering.
Take full advantage of your hardware with production rendering that scales on multiple CPUs, GPUs, or both. You can even render a single image across multiple machines with distributed rendering.
V-Ray works seamlessly with Maya and your studio pipeline. This includes support for MASH, Bifrost-USD, MayaUSD, and MaterialX, as well as your favorite Maya plugins, including Golaem, Massive, Ornatrix, Chaos Phoenix, Yeti, and more. V-Ray for Maya is also compatible with ACEScg, Alembic, OpenVDB, OpenColorIO, and OpenPBR industry standards.
V-Ray is easy to deploy on any Windows, macOS, or Linux network, and offers flexible licensing options for you to choose from. The bundled V-Ray Standalone renders scenes directly with V-Ray, which is perfect for headless render-farm nodes.
V-Ray for Maya also includes two software development kits to customize your rendering workflow. For example, you can write custom shaders with the V-Ray SDK (C++) or build custom pipeline tools with the V-Ray App SDK (Python).
Transform how you create and accelerate production.
V-Ray 7 introduces cutting-edge technology and powerful new features, enabling you to build and render more realistic scenes faster than ever. Unlock next-level creative control, seamless data exchange, consistent shaders, and much more.
To see all the versatile features you can access using V-Ray for Maya, take a look at our feature-by-feature list.
V-Ray Personal Learning Edition (PLE) for Maya is a free, non-commercial version of V-Ray for Maya. You can use it for your personal projects and education or to explore it's features at a pace that suits you.
V-Ray is the only rendering solution that is all together easy to learn, visually flexible, stable and scalable. That's why we've been using it for over 10 years.
Doug Wilkinson, Global Head of 3D, Buck
We love using V-Ray for Maya in our daily pursuit of creating the most realistic images and pushing the boundaries of computer graphics.
Harry Mukhopadhyay, VFX Supervisor / CG Director, Scanline VFX
V-Ray is rock solid, no matter what you apply it to. We've used it on everything from Thanos to Terminator and we get a consistent output back every time. As we continue to push the boundaries of CG characters, we need tools that can keep up. V-Ray has been there for us every step of the way.
Bob White, Lighting Department Supervisor, Digital Domain
V-Ray has enabled us to render to a high quality, whilst still being fast and easy to work with. It's quickly become a key part of our pipeline.
David Deacon, Technical Director, Lunar Animation
V-Ray is the only rendering solution that is all together easy to learn, visually flexible, stable and scalable. That's why we've been using it for over 10 years.
Doug Wilkinson, Global Head of 3D, Buck
We love using V-Ray for Maya in our daily pursuit of creating the most realistic images and pushing the boundaries of computer graphics.
Harry Mukhopadhyay, VFX Supervisor / CG Director, Scanline VFX
V-Ray Product Specialist Petya Georgieva explains how the latest version of Chaos Scatter will make it even easier to populate scenes with multiple objects .
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Billed yearly $514.80
Fixed license on one computer
A fixed license can be used on a single computer. For a floating license, consider V-Ray Premium.
Includes all V-Ray integrations
Includes support
Expert help from our dedicated support team.
Chaos Cosmos content library
Render-ready models, materials, and HDR skies for use on any project.
Billed yearly $718.80
Floating license on any computer
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
Includes all V-Ray integrations
Includes support
Expert help from our dedicated support team.
Chaos Cosmos content library
Render-ready models, materials, and HDR skies for use on any project.
20 Chaos Cloud rendering credits
Simple, fast cloud rendering anytime you need it.
Chaos Phoenix
Simulate smoke, fire, liquids, oceans, & more.
Chaos Player
Fast, smooth playback of high-resolution image sequences.
Chaos Scans
A library of photorealistic scanned materials.
Billed yearly $598.80 per license
Floating license on any computer
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
Includes all V-Ray integrations
Includes support
Expert help from our dedicated support team.
Chaos Cosmos content library
Render-ready models, materials, and HDR skies for use on any project.
20 Chaos Cloud rendering credits
Simple, fast cloud rendering anytime you need it.
Chaos Phoenix
Simulate smoke, fire, liquids, oceans, & more.
Chaos Player
Fast, smooth playback of high-resolution image sequences.
Chaos Scans
A library of photorealistic scanned materials.
Billed yearly $149
Floating license on any computer
A floating license can be shared and used on any computer.
Includes all V-Ray integrations
Includes support
Expert help from our dedicated support team.
Chaos Cosmos content library
Render-ready models, materials, and HDR skies for use on any project.
10 Chaos Cloud rendering credits
Simple, fast cloud rendering anytime you need it.
Chaos Phoenix
Simulate smoke, fire, liquids, oceans, & more.
Chaos Player
Fast, smooth playback of high-resolution image sequences.
Chaos Scans
A library of photorealistic scanned materials.
Chaos Vantage
Explore detailed V-Ray scenes, raytraced in real-time.
Real-time visualization
Explore your designs in real-time and make decisions on the fly.
Easy cloud rendering and collaboration
Render to the cloud with a push of a button.
Extra render power
Get the most from your distributed and network rendering.