{{Short description|Computer-generated imagery rendering software app}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox software | name = V-Ray | logo = V-Ray Logo 1.jpg | screenshot = Glass ochem dof2.png | screenshot size = 250 | caption = Render created using V-Ray for Rhinoceros 3D, demonstrating the advanced effects V-Ray is capable of, such as refraction and caustics | developer = Chaos | released = {{start date and age|1997}} | latest release version = | latest release date = | operating system = Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows | genre = Rendering system | license = Proprietary commercial software | website = {{URL|https://www.chaos.com}} }} [[File:Classroom security camera.webp|thumb|Computational education classroom with a security camera designed with SketchUp and rendered with V-Ray]] [[File:Folder paper 2.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Folded paper: SketchUp drawing rendered using V-Ray, demonstrating shading and global illumination]] [[File:BallsRender.png|250px|thumbnail|right|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 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.<ref>[https://www.chaos.com/about chaos.com]. About Chaos Group. February 05, 2024.</ref>
==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<ref>{{Cite web |title=V-Ray for Revit – Professional Rendering Software for Architects | Chaos Group |url=https://www.chaos.com/vray/revit |access-date=Jun 23, 2020 |website=www.chaosgroup.com}}</ref> * Cinema 4D * 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=V-Ray for Modo discontinuation|url=https://forums.chaos.com/forum/v-ray-for-modo-announcements/1134583-v-ray-for-modo-discontinuation|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Chaos Forums|language=en}}</ref>
==Notable studios using V-Ray== {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2020}}
===North America=== ====United States==== * Method Studios<ref>{{Cite web |title=Method Studios {{!}} LinkedIn |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/method-studios |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en}}</ref> * Digital Domain * Blur Studio * Zoic Studios * Apple Inc. * Hogarth Worldwide
====Canada==== * Bardel Entertainment
===Europe=== ====France==== * Zagtoon
====Netherlands==== *PostOffice Amsterdam
====Germany==== * Scanline VFX
==See also== * List of 3D rendering software
==References== {{Reflist}}
== 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 == *{{Commons category-inline|V-Ray}} *[https://www.chaos.com Chaos Group] *[http://www.rhino3d.com/resources/display.asp?language=en&listing=870 V-Ray at rhino3d.com] *[http://www.cgarchitect.com/news/Reviews/Review007_1.asp ''A Closer Look At VRAY'' Architectural Review of V-Ray] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228113032/http://www.cgarchitect.com/news/Reviews/Review007_1.asp |date=2007-12-28 }} *[http://www.vraymaterials.co.uk/ VRay Material Downloads and Resource Library] *[https://www.vrayforc4d.net VRAYforC4D - the website of V-Ray for Cinema4d, made by LAUBlab KG] *[https://www.vray-materials.de Free Material Library]
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