Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006

Jeff Mottle · July 27th, 2006

Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006, Boston

The wait is nearly over! The first official pre-release of version 1.5 of the V-Ray renderer will be revealed at SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston, USA.
Since this version requires a hardware lock (dongle) in order to run, V-Ray users will have to fill in a dongle request form. In order to do this, please log in to the support section on our site:

http://www.chaosgroup.com/support/

and follow the link to the dongle request form.

Those of you who are attending the SIGGRAPH conference in Boston will be able to get their dongles directly from us by specifying this in the dongle request form (fill in SIGGRAPH as the shipping address). We will begin shipping the dongles to all other users shortly after the SIGGRAPH conference is over.
We welcome you to SIGGRAPH booth #1014 (VisMasters and Chaos Group) where you can see V-Ray 1.5 in action, additional information about Aura as well as an overview of a new product that is about to be released - a sequence player.

We would also like to invite you to the V-Ray users meeting to be held as part of the VisMasters Design Visualization Conference on August 4th, 2006.
For more details, please visit

http://dvc.vismasters.com/

V-Ray 1.5 builds on the existing foundation of the V-Ray rendering engine, extends its capabilities and adds many new features:

(*) Full render elements support inside 3dsmax with nearly 30 render elements available;
(*) Physically based sun and sky for simulating the natural daylight illumination of the Earth;
(*) Physically based camera model with real-world parameters (exposure, distortion etc);
(*) New material types (VRayBlendMtl for layering materials in an efficient manner, VRay2SidedMtl for simulating thin translucent surfaces, VRayFastSSS for simulating subsurface scattering in translucent materials like humnan skin, and more);
(*) Detail enhancement for the irradiance map - a blend between the irradiance map and QMC GI to bring the best of both worlds;
(*) Adaptive path tracing;
(*) VRayDirt texture map for simulating dirt or ambient occlusion;
(*) Improved distributed rendering;
(*) Improved V-Ray virtual frame buffer;
(*) Multi-platform SDK for extended virtually any part of the rendering engine;
(*) and much more...

Best regards,
Chaos Group team

jafs00 · July 27th, 2006

this is awesome vray 1.5 finally!!!!...but...

too bad about hardware dongles...this is one of the worst ideas in the history of computers.

Christopher Nichols · July 27th, 2006

I don't see the issue with the hardware dongle... it helps stop them from having to re-issue a license every time someone gets a new computer. The dongle is actually tied to the license server, not to user's workstation.

antonio_frias · July 28th, 2006

Does this mean there will no longer be a free version of V-ray, or does this have nothing to do with the dongle?

danatgia · July 28th, 2006

I cannae wait. The new features sound awesome.

Aaron2004 · July 28th, 2006

Yeah...I wish that they would update VRAY Free for us cheep-o's. *sigh*....I guess you get what you pay for

alfienoakes · July 28th, 2006

Hey Jeff,

I posted something about this a week ago, and never got one reply..

Whats it feel like to be important..?..

Andy

gfa2 · July 28th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by alfienoakes

Hey Jeff,
I posted something about this a week ago, and never got one reply..

Whats it feel like to be important..?..

Andy

Hey Andy, for what it's worth...your post was the first I had heard of it, but I went looking for more info and signed up for my dongle and never bothered to post a reply...you da man.

alfienoakes · July 28th, 2006

Cheers Gary..

I feel inflated once more...

Andy

Saturn · July 28th, 2006

What great timing. I am building a new machine so now I can just have the dongle for the computer. I have a compuer at work that I have Vray on and sometimes I like to bring work home. Does this mean I can use Vray at home with the use of the dongle? Excellent!

July 27th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,078 Name: Jeff Mottle	Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006 Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006, Boston The wait is nearly over! The first official pre-release of version 1.5 of the V-Ray renderer will be revealed at SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston, USA. Since this version requires a hardware lock (dongle) in order to run, V-Ray users will have to fill in a dongle request form. In order to do this, please log in to the support section on our site: http://www.chaosgroup.com/support/ and follow the link to the dongle request form. Those of you who are attending the SIGGRAPH conference in Boston will be able to get their dongles directly from us by specifying this in the dongle request form (fill in SIGGRAPH as the shipping address). We will begin shipping the dongles to all other users shortly after the SIGGRAPH conference is over. We welcome you to SIGGRAPH booth #1014 (VisMasters and Chaos Group) where you can see V-Ray 1.5 in action, additional information about Aura as well as an overview of a new product that is about to be released - a sequence player. We would also like to invite you to the V-Ray users meeting to be held as part of the VisMasters Design Visualization Conference on August 4th, 2006. For more details, please visit http://dvc.vismasters.com/ V-Ray 1.5 builds on the existing foundation of the V-Ray rendering engine, extends its capabilities and adds many new features: () Full render elements support inside 3dsmax with nearly 30 render elements available; () Physically based sun and sky for simulating the natural daylight illumination of the Earth; () Physically based camera model with real-world parameters (exposure, distortion etc); () New material types (VRayBlendMtl for layering materials in an efficient manner, VRay2SidedMtl for simulating thin translucent surfaces, VRayFastSSS for simulating subsurface scattering in translucent materials like humnan skin, and more); () Detail enhancement for the irradiance map - a blend between the irradiance map and QMC GI to bring the best of both worlds; () Adaptive path tracing; () VRayDirt texture map for simulating dirt or ambient occlusion; () Improved distributed rendering; () Improved V-Ray virtual frame buffer; () Multi-platform SDK for extended virtually any part of the rendering engine; (*) and much more... Best regards, Chaos Group team __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

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jafs00 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: guatemala Age: 33 Posts: 144 Name: julio fonseca	Re: Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006 this is awesome vray 1.5 finally!!!!...but... too bad about hardware dongles...this is one of the worst ideas in the history of computers.

July 27th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
Christopher Nichols Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lalaland Posts: 1,166 Name: Christopher Nichols	Re: Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006 I don't see the issue with the hardware dongle... it helps stop them from having to re-issue a license every time someone gets a new computer. The dongle is actually tied to the license server, not to user's workstation. __________________ Christopher P Nichols

July 28th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
antonio_frias Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: France Age: 39 Posts: 287 Name: Anthony Miguel De Frias	Re: Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006 Does this mean there will no longer be a free version of V-ray, or does this have nothing to do with the dongle?

July 28th, 2006	#5 (permalink)
danatgia Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London Age: 34 Posts: 19 Name: Dan Fitzpatrick	Re: Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006 I cannae wait. The new features sound awesome.

July 28th, 2006	#6 (permalink)
Aaron2004 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Indiana Age: 25 Posts: 432 Name: Aaron Nordstrom	Re: Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006 Yeah...I wish that they would update VRAY Free for us cheep-o's. sigh....I guess you get what you pay for

July 28th, 2006	#7 (permalink)
alfienoakes Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: England, West Sussex Age: 39 Posts: 832 Name: andy wiggins	Re: Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006 Hey Jeff, I posted something about this a week ago, and never got one reply.. Whats it feel like to be important..?.. Andy __________________ Andy Wiggins MAKING COFFEE. Making a cup of coffee is like making love to a beautiful woman. It's got to be hot. You've got to take your time. You've got to stir... gently and firmly. You've got to grind your beans until they squeak. And then you put in the milk. Swiss Tony.

July 28th, 2006	#9 (permalink)
alfienoakes Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: England, West Sussex Age: 39 Posts: 832 Name: andy wiggins	Re: Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006 Cheers Gary.. I feel inflated once more... Andy __________________ Andy Wiggins MAKING COFFEE. Making a cup of coffee is like making love to a beautiful woman. It's got to be hot. You've got to take your time. You've got to stir... gently and firmly. You've got to grind your beans until they squeak. And then you put in the milk. Swiss Tony.

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Saturn Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Jacksonville Age: 29 Posts: 477 Name: Jason Matthews	Re: Chaos Group to reveal V-Ray 1.5 at SIGGRAPH 2006 What great timing. I am building a new machine so now I can just have the dongle for the computer. I have a compuer at work that I have Vray on and sometimes I like to bring work home. Does this mean I can use Vray at home with the use of the dongle? Excellent! __________________ Jason Matthews

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