V-Ray Next for Maya 2016 to 2018 : Smarter, faster and more powerful rendering than ever before.
With powerful V-Ray Scene Intelligence, fully redesigned IPR, and 2X faster GPU production rendering, V-Ray Next is smarter, faster, and more powerful than ever.
QUALITY
Production-proven ray traced rendering with a full suite of tools to create professional photoreal imagery and animations.
POWER
Built to handle the absolute toughest projects and largest scenes.
SPEED
Multicore CPU and GPU-accelerated rendering engines for optimized speed and scalability.
CREATIVE CONTROL
Real-time look development with interactive lighting, shading and rendering.
SMART INTEGRATION
Integrated seamlessly into Maya and designed to fit any production pipeline.
AN INDUSTRY STANDARD
Top artists and studios rely on V-Ray for Maya to create award-winning animation & visual effects.
ADAPTIVE DOME LIGHT
Faster, cleaner and more accurate image-based environment lighting based on V-Ray Scene Intelligence.
FASTER IPR
Redesigned IPR for faster feedback and continuous updates.
AI DENOISER IN VIEWPORT IPR
The NVIDIA AI denoiser is now available for interactive rendering with V-Ray IPR in the viewport.
DEBUG SHADING/ISOLATE SELECTED
Quickly isolate selected textures and materials to help debug large shading networks in IPR.
PLAYBLASTS WITH VIEWPORT IPR
Create high-quality previz and animation tests via Playblasts with Viewport IPR.
2X FASTER GPU RENDERING
Fast new GPU rendering architecture that now supports more high-end production features.
GPU VOLUME RENDERING
V-Ray GPU now supports blazing fast rendering of volumetric effects like smoke, fire and fog.
GPU BUCKET RENDERING
Adds support for Cryptomatte render elements.
PHYSICAL HAIR MATERIAL
Render more realistic-looking hair with accurate highlights and new glint and glitter controls.
METALNESS
The V-Ray Material adds support for PBR shaders with new Metalness reflection controls.
TOON SHADER
Easily create non-photorealistic, cartoon and cel-shading effects. Now with new options for advanced line control.
V-RAY LAYERED TEXTURE
This powerful tool layers textures with blend modes and individual masking controls.
