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Chaos Releases V-Ray 7 for 3ds Max

New Gaussian Splat support lets users quickly create 3D environments from photos or videos; 20+ new features and improvements range from creative scatter options to firefly removal.

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Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max – Update 2

New MaterialX and USD Support, faster workflows, and V-Ray GPU updates and enhancements allow artists to complete their USD pipeline with smooth photoreal rendering across teams and tools in real-time. 

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BOXX Releases APEXX S4 Workstation with Intel Core i7 and i9 14th Gen Processors

The new CPUs are optimized for CAD, 3D design and motion media apps such as Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, Cinema 4D and Adobe Creative Cloud.

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BOXX Introduces APEXX T4 PRO Workstation

Featuring AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX- Series processors, the new liquid-cooled system is optimized for complex workflows and delivers top performance with creative apps such as Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, and SOLIDWORKS.

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BOXX APEXX S3 Now Features Intel Core i7 and i9 14th Gen Processors

The leading hardware innovator among first to ship new systems with next-gen Intel processors, optimizing performance for CAD, 3D design and motion media.

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BOXX Announces RAXX P1G Workstation with New NVIDIA L40S GPU

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 11:47am

The high-performance platform is purpose-built to power generative AI and media and entertainment workflows with NVIDIA’s new universal GPU for data centers based on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture. 

That Dang Quantum Realm! VFXWorld

Digital Domain Leaps ‘Ahead’ with AI in M.O.D.O.K. CG Creation

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 12:37pm

The studio wrangles facial mocap performances into its proprietary suite of AI tools to tackle one of Marvel Studios’ most unique villains, a 5-foot-tall flying face, in ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.’

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Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max – Update 1

Upgrade brings more artist/designer-friendly tools to the rendering solution; photorealistic ray tracer adds denoiser/lens making, cylindrical decal tools, and time-saving GPU enhancements.

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Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 for Houdini

Featuring full support for Houdini 19.5 and Solaris and new creativity enhancers, render boosts, better shading, and increased function in V-Ray Frame Buffer, the new release helps users create quality renders at any stage of the process.

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BOXX APEXX S3 Ups the Game with Next-Gen Processors

New 13th Gen Intel Core processors power the purpose-built workstations, optimizing workflows across multiple industries, expanding to 24 CPU cores and accelerating to 5.8ghz; creative applications and render times get a significant boost during otherwise time-intensive tasks.

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BOXX APPEXX A3 Workstations Now Feature AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs

New series processors allow for simultaneous multitasking without sacrificing efficiency on an array of applications for 3D modeling, rendering, simulations, and VR.

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Scanline VFX Gets All Wrapped Up with ‘Stranger Things' Season 4

Harnessing the power of V-Ray, the VFX house created nightmarish portals to the Upside Down, an exploding helicopter, and sinister vine attacks combining practical effects with CG on some of the show's most exciting scenes.

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BOXX Workstations Take the Stage at SIGGRAPH 2022

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 12:21pm

The Super-Fast APEXX Everest, powered by AMD’s new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX Series processor, reveals its prowess for creative applications at the Blender rendering engine demonstration.

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How Blur Used Light to Create Darkness in David Fincher’s 'Bad Travelling'

Tim Miller’s animation and VFX studio bridged the gap between live-action and CG using V-Ray's Light Selects and Physical Camera Exposure controls to realize the famed director's aesthetic on his first computer-animated film, part of 'Love, Death + Robots' Volume 3 now streaming on Netflix.

Another Taste of Marvel VFXWorld

Digital Domain Pushes the Limits of Monstrous VFX in ‘Morbius’

To create dynamic vampires and immersive battle scenes, the award-winning FX hub made improvements to the same tech it used to make Thanos in the ‘Avengers’ films.

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Pixomondo Tackles Complex Worldbuilding with KitBash3D Assets

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 5:30am

Premium model kits help VFX studio quickly create new futuristic sci-fi environments for IPs such as ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and ‘Halo;’ easily customizable assets work with Unreal, Maya, VRay, and Arnold.

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CBS VFX Helps Pull Back the Curtain on HBO Max’s ‘One Perfect Shot’

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 3:47pm

The visual effects studio integrates its proprietary ‘Parallax’ virtual production system with Unreal Engine and ray tracing tools to help award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay and a host of top film directors, including Michael Mann and Patty Jenkins, step inside and dissect their favorite shots.

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BOXX to Feature New NVIDIA RTX GPUs in Workstations

Next gen technology accelerates GoBOXX SLM Laptop and APEXX Workstation performance; AI and ray-tracing enhancements optimize GPUs for media and entertainment as well as manufacturing and product design, architecture, engineering, and construction workflows.

The Web Slinger Returns! VFXWorld

Digital Domain Helps ‘Bridge’ the Multiverse in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

VFX supervisor Scott Edelstein, nominated for an Oscar alongside Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, and Daniel Sudick, led his team in delivering more than 520 shots and 600 unique assets, including recreating 2.5 square miles of New York City for the dramatic Doc Ock – Spidey bridge fight, in Marvel’s smash action-adventure hit.

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Chaos Player Now Part of V-Ray Collection

The fast-loading sequence player allows artists to quickly review animation and supports all industry standard image formats; new features also include floating-point compositing, A/B wipes, and OpenColorIO (OCIO) v2 support.

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