| Version | Release Year | Key Features | |---------|--------------|----------------| | 1.0 | 2002 | First commercial release for 3ds Max 5. Basic raytracing, GI, light cache, photon mapping. | | 1.1 | 2003 | QMC sampling, improved antialiasing, V-Ray Light material. | | 1.09 | 2004 | IR map improvements, V-Ray Displacement, HDRI support. | | 1.45 | 2005 | VRayProxy, VRaySphereFade, better DR (Distributed Rendering). | | 1.47 | 2006 | First stable build for Maya. | | 1.5 | 2008 | Major release: VRayPhysicalCamera, VRaySun/Sky, True HDRI, Light Cache improvements. |
This period saw V-Ray dominate the market. Version numbers were largely consistent across platforms (3ds Max, Maya, Softimage). vray all versions list
: Utilizing NVIDIA AI to instantly remove "noise" from renders, cutting render times by up to 50%. Chaos Cosmos | Version | Release Year | Key Features
Note: Chaos renamed "VRay 4" to "VRay Next" for marketing. it launches simultaneously for 3ds Max
Historically, V-Ray for 3ds Max might be on version 5 while V-Ray for SketchUp was on version 3.6. Chaos recently unified the branding and release cycles. Now, when V-Ray 6 or 7 is announced, it launches simultaneously for 3ds Max, Maya, SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, Cinema 4D, and Houdini.