Latest free update to V-Ray for 3ds Max is now available
Our latest free update to V-Ray for 3ds Max is now available. V-Ray 3.2 is fully compatible with 3ds Max 2016 and is VR-ready.
VR Cameras – The two new VR camera types will render stereo cube maps and spherical stereo images. This allows artists and designers to output V-Ray scenes to popular VR formats like Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR.
V-Ray RT GPU improvement – Among the new features and speed improvements is QMC sampling. Licensed from NVIDIA, QMC sampling provides overall speed improvements and resolves noise quicker when using CUDA.
Additionally, V-Ray RT GPU now support:
• Displacement
• Anisotropic highlights
• Composite map
• Output curves
• Texture baking
• UDIM support (MARI)
Volume rendering
• New V-Ray Volume Grid adds support for OpenVDB, Field3D, and Phoenix FD volume grid formats. This allows users to import and render data from popular effects applications like Houdini and FumeFX.
Distributed rendering
• Add or remove distributed rendering nodes on the fly.
Global Illumination
• Refined Light Cache algorithm removes light leaks and improves animation.
Geometry
• New preview types for proxy objects – includes mesh simplification for optimized proxy display.
• Faster rendering of hair and fur.
• Intel Embree support for 3ds Max Hair & Fur and V-Ray Fur.
3ds Max 2016
• Full support for new Physical Camera – co-developed with 3ds Max team.
• Support for new Physical Camera Exposure Control.
• V-Ray Lens Analysis Utility adds support for the 3ds Max Physical.
If you haven’t upgraded yet to V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max, now is the perfect time. Please contact us: Mad Macs Technology Distributions Limited at sales@mmhk.com.
