VRay is a photo-realistic rendering engine made for AME's (Autodesk Media and Entertainment) 3dsmax and 3dsviz. It includes the common features of today's rendering engines like :

• GI (Global Illumination),
• Dof (Depth of Field)
• Caustics
• Raytracing
• Photon Mapping
• Fur
• HDRI support

It is the GI irradiance map technique that is used extensively for creating visualisations of interiors/buildings etc. Chaosgroup plans to release VRay as a plugin for Softimage xsi, Maya, Rhino and as a standalone application. Support for 64 bit computers is in development.

External links

• The official homepage of VRay
• VRay user and support forum
• VRay dedicated wiki
• VRay bridge to Cinema 4D (ongoing)

3D graphics software