All Versions List _top_ — Vray

| Version | Release Year | Notes | |---------|--------------|--------| | 1.0 | 2008 | First Maya integration | | 2.0 | 2010 | V-Ray RT support | | 3.0 | 2013 | Alias/Wavefront compatibility | | 3.6 | 2017 | NVIDIA Denoiser | | 5.0 | 2020 | V-Ray GPU improvements, Material Library | | 6.0 | 2022 | Enmesh, Procedural Clouds, Chaos Cosmos | | 7.0 | 2024 | OCIO, Gaussian splats, major USD workflow update |

This list covers the major versions and milestones in V-Ray's history across its most popular platforms, including 3ds Max, SketchUp, and Maya.

The shows a clear trajectory from a niche GI renderer to a hybrid AI-accelerated production beast. Key milestones to remember:

V-Ray’s version numbering is not universal across platforms. Here are key differences:

Released around 2010, V-Ray 2.0 was a massive overhaul focused on speed and VFX integration.

Improved GPU rendering and added tools for Chaos Scatter clustering.