Chaos Updates Maya, Houdini, Vantage: A Game-Changer for 3D Artists
Chaos has revolutionized the way 3D artists work by integrating instant feedback into the viewport, connecting Maya and Houdini to Chaos Vantage's real-time path tracer.
But here's where it gets exciting: a new, standalone Chaos Vantage Hydra Delegate for Houdini plugin streams fully path-traced pixels directly into the Houdini viewport. This means artists can make decisions using the same controls and workflow they're already familiar with, without any additional learning curve.
And that's not all. An Enhanced Live Link enables Maya users to access a similar viewport experience inside Maya. With recent support for USD and MaterialX scenes in Vantage, artists can also use the same assets and shaders from throughout the production, ensuring consistency at every stage of the process.
These features are available in the latest Chaos Vantage 3 update, and they coincide with updates to V-Ray 7 for Houdini and V-Ray 7 for Maya, which bring new production capabilities to both applications.
V-Ray 7 for Maya, update 2, and V-Ray 7 for Houdini, update 2, are now available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Vantage 3.1 and the Vantage Hydra Delegate for Houdini are also available. To use the Hydra Delegate, artists will need a Vantage license and to download a special build from the website. This Delegate does not require a V-Ray license or V-Ray to operate.
Users can buy these licenses individually or access them all as part of the Chaos M&E Collection, which comes with V-Ray, Vantage, Phoenix, Player, Anima, Cosmos, and Scans in one subscription. Pricing for all options can be found on the Chaos website.
So, what do you think? Is this the future of 3D art and animation? Share your thoughts in the comments below! And don't forget to follow Chaos on Facebook and Instagram for more updates and news.
