Vantage, initially known as Project Lavina when it was introduced at SIGGRAPH 2018, is designed for very large-scale scenes and can, according to Chaos, handle billions of polygons without loss of detail or significant speed decreases. Chaos Group anticipates that, as real-time becomes achievable at more stages of the design process, it will make a big difference in the way artists conduct client meetings and over-the-shoulder reviews, and handle art direction of iterations. In effect they are using Vantage as a fully ray-traced, high-fidelity viewport for making creative decisions. Users can check all of their camera, model and lighting adjustments in Vantage as they work. The idea is for architects and designers to interact with their designs in a simple, realistic way, as they now use 3D.

Without having to optimise geometry, bake lighting or unwrap UVs to prepare files, users can drag-and-drop a V-Ray scene into the software, or set up a live link from Autodesk 3ds Max, to bring it into real-time. Use the full power of multiple computers working together to render a single image.Chaos Vantage makes it possible to explore 3D scenes in a fully ray traced, real-time environment, immediately on import. Work like a photographer with real-world camera controls for exposure, white balance, depth of field and more. Add highly-detailed models like grass, trees and cars as V-Ray proxy objects. Render realistic hair efficiently and flicker-free.Ĭreate great looking materials that look exactly like the real thing. Glossy reflections, high polygon counts, global illumination, high numbers of lights… they all render several times faster in V-Ray, without sacrificing material, light or image quality.

You can even simulate realistic daylight scenarios for any time and any location.

Everything you need for light - render natural or artificial lighting, create photo-real interiors with global illumination, light scenes using a single HDR (high-dynamic-range) image.

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