V-Ray is the industry-standard photorealistic rendering tool for architectural visualization and the media & entertainment industry. It helps architects, designers, 3D artists, and visualization specialists create high-quality imagery with full control over lighting, materials, and rendering. With seamless integration across major 3D modeling software, V-Ray supports everything from early design concepts to final production-level work. Why professionals choose V-Ray Professionals choose V-Ray for its photorealistic accuracy, creative control, and physically based rendering that simulates real-life lighting and materials. With support for CPU, GPU, and hybrid rendering, V-Ray provides the performance, flexibility, and consistency needed for high-quality visualization across both architectural and visual effects workflows. Key capabilities - Physically based rendering: Simulate real lighting, materials, and global illumination to produce accurate, true-to-life stills and animations. - Render at scale: Handle large, complex scenes with billions of polygons and thousands of lights without manual optimization. - CPU, GPU & hybrid rendering: Choose the best rendering mode for your hardware to maximize performance and efficiency. - Built-in post-processing: Adjust lighting, colors, and effects with LightMix and VFB tools without switching applications. - Chaos Cosmos assets: Access over 13,000 render-ready models, materials, and HDRIs to build scenes faster. - Powerful AI tools: Accelerate material creation with the AI Material Generator and improve realism in surrounding details like people, foliage, and terrain using the AI Image Enhancer, all without re-rendering. - Standardized .vrscene format: Transfer scenes easily between CAD and DCC tools, V-Ray, Vantage, and other Chaos products for a unified workflow. - Vantage integration: Send scenes directly to Chaos Vantage via .vrscene to explore designs in real-time and speed up look-dev. - Chaos Cloud: Collaborate seamlessly during design reviews, create immersive virtual tours, and render anything on the cloud. - Distributed rendering: Accelerate render times by sharing workloads across various render nodes. Integrated workflow Work directly inside your preferred 3D modeling software—3ds Max, Cinema 4D, SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, Maya, Houdini, and more—while keeping lighting, materials, and rendering consistent across applications. The .vrscene format, Chaos Cosmos assets, Chaos Cloud, and Vantage connectivity ensure a smooth pipeline from scene setup to final output without rebuilding assets. Trusted worldwide Teams rely on V-Ray’s rendering software for its photorealism, creative control, and predictable results across CAD and DCC tools. From architectural visualization to product design, VFX, and 3D animation, it delivers dependable, high-quality imagery at any scale.