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V-Ray®

Photorealistic and real-time rendering to create
excellent designs, powered by Chaos®.

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Powerful visualizations for professional projects

Compelling design narratives

Compelling design narratives

Generate high-quality visualizations to present your design story, showcase proposal merits to clients, and win more work.

Team alignment

Team alignment

Use real-time or photorealistic renders to remove design ambiguity, and reach consensus quicker.

Client engagement & approval

Client engagement & approval

Quickly iterate on design ideas and deliver results to clients effectively with real-time, interactive rendering.

Powerful visualizations for professional projects

Features You’ll Love

Light mix

Light mix

Experiment with multiple lighting setups from a single render, all without having to render again.

Stylized renders

Stylized renders

Add character and depth to your designs using linework that highlights contours and outlines.

Enhanced Sky Model and Sun Control

Enhanced Sky Model and Sun Control

Render your scenes in beautiful natural light and adjust the sun’s position to achieve the perfect time-of-day effect.

Advanced visualization tools

Advanced visualization tools

Generate detailed geometric patterns, design custom skies, scatter objects, and manage complex scenes efficiently while keeping full creative control.

Light Gen

Light Gen

Explore a variety of natural lighting options for both interiors and exteriors, and quickly choose the mood that fits your vision.

Animations and virtual reality

Animations and virtual reality

Render detailed animations and walk clients through your projects directly in 3D or at full scale in virtual reality.

Compatibility with Enscape

Compatibility with Enscape

Easily transfer real-time scenes, materials, models, and lighting from Enscape into V-Ray for a smooth, connected workflow.

Frame buffer

Frame buffer

Frame Buffer Edit and finalize your images directly within V-Ray using built-in tools for color correction, lens effects, layering, and light adjustments.

Real-time rendering

Real-time rendering

Use V-Ray Vision for instant feedback as you explore materials, lighting, and design choices. Share interactive project files with clients and collaborators for quick reviews.

Material library

Material library

Access a curated collection of over 200 ready-to-use architectural materials, including wood, brick, tile, and terrain. Customize them to create unique finishes and realistic surfaces for your projects.

Ready-to-use 3D content

Ready-to-use 3D content

Download high-quality, smart 3D content from Chaos Cosmos, an extensive render-ready library full of furniture, people, accessories, lighting, and vegetation.

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