V-Ray 7, update 1 brings the Chaos Scans library with over 3,100 ultra-realistic scanned materials to Chaos Cosmos.
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Update 1 brings the Chaos Scans library with over 3,100 ultra-realistic scanned materials to Chaos Cosmos.
V-Ray for Maya now also supports Autodesk Maya 2026.
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