Chaos Vantage

What is Chaos Vantage?

Chaos Vantage allows users to explore even their most complex V-Ray scenes fully ray-traced and in real-time, without the need for time-consuming conversions. This extended user experience can be part of a live 3ds Max session, which will also become available for the other integration options for V-Ray 5 in the course of 2021.

Who is Chaos Vantage for?

Vantage is ideally suited for visualization specialists (those who make the models) and Design Directors (those who don't model themselves but want the real-time experience).

The main users will be V-Ray and possibly non-V-Ray users who just want to experience the existing designs.

For example, the ratio between 3ds Max and Revit in AEC companies is at best one in ten - meaning one 3ds Max user can provide models for ten others to experience (who are not yet Chaos users).

What can Chaos Vantage be used for?

Studying designs for personal judgment or informal, internal evaluation

Design validation and presentation of designs to a manager or a client

Photorealistic previsualization

Fast rendering of final images and animations, where users want to present their design in high quality

For which specific sectors is Vantage currently suitable?

Architecture

With upcoming updates:

- Product design

- Visual effects

- Automotive

What does Chaos Vantage cost?

View the prices on the Chaos Vantage product page.

Once the introductory period ends, an annual Chaos Vantage license will cost $350.

Chaos Vantage is also part of the V-Ray Collection and the V-Ray Education Collection.

Which licenses do I need?

Chaos Vantage is a standalone product and does not require any other Chaos product licenses to run. It is offered as an annual subscription.

Chaos Vantage is also part of the V-Ray Collection and the V-Ray Education Collection.

What are the system requirements to run Chaos Vantage?

Windows 10 with Update 1809 or later

NVIDIA RTX GPU (up to two)

NVIDIA Driver 436 or later (recommended version 466.11)

System RAM must be equal to or greater than the GPU memory

Does it work with any V-Ray scene?

Yes, it works with any V-Ray scene. However, we recommend using V-Ray for 3ds Max scenes for the best real-time experience.

Please note, it has not yet been tested with V-Ray scenes from Cinema 4D and Nuke.

What V-Ray features does Chaos Vantage support?

All supported features are listed in the official Chaos help files.

What else does Chaos Vantage offer compared to other real-time solutions?

Chaos Vantage is unique in offering real-time, 100% ray tracing on affordable hardware. It is especially suitable for original/large scenes with lots of light and photo-realistic (V-Ray) materials - which describes the projects of most Design and VFX professionals. This allows scenes to be loaded directly from where they were created - without any preparatory work such as geometry decimation, shader simplification, or baking tasks required in real-time raster applications.