Architecture

Core architecture

• Multi-platform object-oriented API
• Fully multithreaded core
• Unified sampling system based on Schlick sampling
• Distributed rendering
• Efficient shading system specifically optimized for ray-tracing
• Modular architecture - many components of the system can be replaced with custom ones

Geometry

Geometry

• Efficient geometry handling
• True instance rendering
• On-demand dynamic geometry creation
• On-demand geometry loading from disk files
• Displacement mapping
• Catmull-Clark and Loop subdivision surfaces
• Extensible with custom geometric primitives through the V-Ray SDK
  
  

Sampling

Image sampling

• Three different image sampling methods
• Full-scene antialiasing
• Progressive path tracing
• Support for additional render elements (diffuse, reflection, GI etc)
• Advanced color (tone) mapping controls
• Extensible with custom image samplers through the V-Ray SDK
  
  

Illumination

Illumination

• Physically accurate full global illumination solutions
• Different GI algorithms: path tracing, irradiance cache, photon maps, light cache
• Reusable GI solutions for accelerated rendering of walk-through animations and animations with dynamic objects
• Physically accurate area lights
• Efficient illumination from HDR environments
• Procedural sun & sky models
• Extensible with custom lights through the V-Ray SDK
• IES photometric lights
  
  

Shaders

Shaders

• Physically plausible materials
• Blurry reflections/refractions
• Accurate hilights
• Sub-surface scattering
• Support for efficient material layering
• Extensible with custom shaders through the V-Ray SDK
  
  

Camera

Camera effects

• Depth-of-field with bokeh effects
• Accurate motion blur
• Physical camera model
• Extensible with custom cameras through the V-Ray SDK

Extra

Extras

• Toon effect
• Fur generator/raytracer
• Extended matte/shadow capabilities
• Support for Render-to-Texture mode of 3ds Max
• VRaySphereFade to isolate only specific portions of the scene for compositing
  
  

Buffer

Frame buffer

• V-Ray specific frame buffer with integrated color corrections and display of multiple rendering elements
• Direct rendering to disk for extremely large images, either as OpenEXR files or as .vrimg file

Demo reel

This demo reel brings together the inspiration of many artists, who today with their effort and creative work cast the future of the animation and CG industries.

HD V-Ray Architectural Demo Reel 2009

Video Training

Numerous different approaches to lighting and rendering, as well as different ways to approach your specific scenes, based on the desired final result and time frame. The tutorials provide tips and directions how to achieve exceptional rendering quality and at the same time shorten your rendering times. You can see these videos at 3DATS .

Gallery

Check out the V-RAY gallery.