| Version | Release Year | Key Features | |--------|--------------|----------------| | | 2002 | First commercial release – basic raytracing, GI (Irradiance map + Brute force) | | 1.5 | 2005 | V-Ray Light, Physical Camera, Displacement, VRayProxy | | 2.0 | 2010 | V-Ray RT (real-time GPU/CPU rendering), V-Ray Car Paint, Skin materials | | 3.0 | 2013 | V-Ray RT GPU production-ready, Progressive rendering, VRayStereoscopic | | 3.6 | 2017 | NVIDIA Denoiser, V-Ray Scene (.vrscene) exporter | | 4.0 | 2018 | GPU rendering improvements, Viewport IPR, Material Library | | 4.3 | 2019 | Light Mix, Texture Baking, V-Ray GPU CUDA + RTX | | 5.0 | 2020 | V-Ray Vision (real-time), Material Randomization, Acoustic materials (for Chaos Phoenix) | | 5.1 | 2021 | V-Ray Decal, Enhanced VFB (layer compositing) | | 5.2 | 2021 | Chaos Cosmos integration, V-Ray Metalness | | 6.0 | 2022 | Enmesh, Procedural Clouds, V-Ray Dome Light improvements | | 6.1 | 2023 | V-Ray Profiler, CPU + GPU rendering mix | | 6.2 | 2023 | V-Ray Scene interaction with Chaos Scatter | | 7.0 | 2024 | V-Ray Render Node for Web, Color Management (OCIO), Gaussian splat support | | 7.1 | 2025 | Improved V-Ray GPU memory handling, live link with Unreal Engine | | 8.0 | (Expected 2026) | AI-assisted denoising, real-time path tracing enhancements |
: Notable for the introduction of the V-Ray Denoiser and improved progressive rendering [6, 9]. vray all versions list
V-Ray, developed by Chaos , has been a cornerstone of the 3D rendering industry since its initial release in 1997. Over the decades, it has evolved from a basic plugin into a sophisticated, multi-platform rendering engine capable of photorealistic results for architecture, film, and product design. | Version | Release Year | Key Features
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V-Ray’s version numbering is not universal across platforms. Here are key differences: