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V-Ray 6 introduced proceduralism and scattering capabilities.

VRay, developed by Chaos (formerly Chaos Group), is one of the most widely used commercial rendering engines in architectural visualization, visual effects, and product design. This paper provides a complete, annotated list of all major VRay versions, including beta releases, major version milestones, point updates, and notable integration versions for platforms such as 3ds Max, Maya, SketchUp, Rhino, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Nuke, and Unreal. The chronology is organized from the first public release in 2001 to the current version as of 2025. Each version entry highlights key technical innovations, hardware support changes, and industry impact.

As of 2025, V-Ray 7 is the latest stable release. This version focuses on neural rendering and full USD integration. vray all versions list

V-Ray GPU has its own timeline, but it is bundled within the main versions:

Always refer to the Chaos GPU Feature Matrix for per-build support. V-Ray 6 introduced proceduralism and scattering capabilities

Origins (1997–2002) V-Ray was created by Peter Mitev and Vladimir Koylazov in Sofia, Bulgaria. Initially, it was developed as an internal rendering solution for their own projects before being released commercially.

V-Ray 0.0x – 1.0 (The 3ds Max Era)

| Version | Release Year | Key Features | |---------|--------------|----------------| | V-Ray Next (4.0) | 2018 | Scene intelligence (automatic sampling, texture clamping), GPU+CPU hybrid, Light Path Expressions (LPEs), faster IPR. | | V-Ray Next (4.1) | 2019 | Viewport IPR (3ds Max), NVIDIA RTX acceleration (beta), improved VRayDenoiser. | | V-Ray Next (4.2) | 2019 | VRayMultiSubTex for instancing, VRayStochasticFlakesMtl, improved GPU memory handling. | | V-Ray Next (4.3) | 2020 | Material Library online, VRaySkinMtl, VRaySwitchMtl, batch denoising. | | V-Ray Next (4.4) | 2020 | Apple Metal support (Mac), improved Cosmos assets integration. |

Note: "V-Ray Next" is branding; internal version is 4.x. As of 2025, V-Ray 7 is the latest stable release