Render created using V-Ray for Rhinoceros 3D, demonstrating the advanced effects V-Ray is capable of, such as refraction and caustics.] |
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| Developer(s) | Chaos Group |
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| Stable release | 2.0 / December 6, 2010 |
| Operating system | Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Rendering system |
| License | Proprietary commercial software |
| Website | www.chaosgroup.com |
| Folded paper: SketchUp drawing rendered using V-Ray, demonstrating shading and global illumination. |
| Render created using V-Ray for Rhinoceros 3D, demonstrating the advanced effects V-Ray is capable of, such as reflection, depth of field, and the shape of the aperture (in this case, a hexagon). |
V-Ray is a rendering engine that is used as an extension of certain 3D computer graphics software.
The core developers of V-Ray are Vladimir Koylazov and Peter Mitev of Chaos Software production studio established in 1997, based in Sofia, Bulgaria.
It is a rendering engine that uses advanced techniques, for example global illumination algorithms such as path tracing, photon mapping, irradiance maps and directly computed global illumination. The use of these techniques often makes it preferable to conventional renderers which are provided as standard with 3d software, and generally renders using these technique can appear more photo-realistic, as actual lighting effects are more realistically emulated.
V-Ray is used in the film and video game industries.
It is also used extensively in making realistic 3D renderings for architecture.
V-Ray is interoperable with packages such as 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Maya, Rhinoceros 3D, Sketchup, Softimage, TrueSpace and Golaem Crowd, and is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.