Archives for Visualization Archives - Architosh
Chaos brings Mac support and AI tools to V-Ray for Blender
V-Ray for Blender now supports macOS natively and addresses the demands of the Blender community in Update 2.0
Chaos Launches Corona 14 With AI Material Tools and Gaussian Splat Support
Chaos unveils Corona 14 with advanced AI tools, new procedural effects, and Gaussian splats, delivering higher realism and efficiency in arch-viz.
When Renders Talk Back: Panoptikon and the New Role of Visualization in Design
What began as a single animation for a Naples development evolved into a full design dialogue between architects, developers, and visualizers. Panoptikon’s cinematic approach shows how visualization today is no longer just about rendering architecture—it’s about shaping it.
Chaos releases Vantage 3—real-time visualization platform
Chaos Vantage 3 boasts major new features in its biggest update in years, including Gaussian splat and USD file support, Night Sky system, AI tech, and a whole lot more.
Twinmotion 2025.2 brings Parallax windows, Nanite and more
Twinmotion 2025.2 adds Parallax windows, Nanite virtualized geometry, and the Synchronized Twinmotion and DCC Viewports capabilities, and more.
D5 Render and Cesium Integration Unlocks City-Scale Storytelling
D5 Render and Cesium Integration Ups the Game in Cinematic Visualization at Large Scale for AEC Industry Storytelling.
Chaos promotes Iveta Cabajova to CEO
Chaos Announces CEO Transition: Iveta Cabajova promoted to CEO, Stephan Sieber to become Executive Chairman.
ToshTalks 25-02: Chaos Envision and Futures with Roderick Bates
Architosh’s second ToshTalk episode dives deep with all things Chaos as we talk to Roderick Bates, Head of Product Operations, Chaos, about AI, visualization, Chaos Envision, and more.
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 Update 2 for 3ds Max
Industry-leading Renderer adds AI tools, astronomically accurate night skies, and three-times faster cloud GPU rendering.
Chaos Adds 30,000 Assets to Chaos Cosmos
Cosmos library expands by 400 percent. Adds geo-focus on Asian assets, new AI Material Generator, and Enscape integration.
D5 Render 2.11 Now Out—Ultra Fast Design Performance
D5 Render advances in version 2.11 with new AI-driven efficiency gains, new technologies, better and faster workflows, and upcoming Mac version.
AIA25: Architosh 11th ‘BEST of SHOW’ honors for digital technologies at AIA25 Boston
The 2025 AIA National BEST of SHOW honors for the most interesting and compelling software and digital technologies at AIA25 Boston
How Chaos Has Moved Beyond Just Visualization
Chaos’ growth is expanding beyond the visualization track in AEC software workflows to include the entire design workflow space in the market.
Maxon aims to bring Hollywood-level rendering to AEC
Cinema 4D and Redshift Render developer Maxon aims to bring Hollywood-level cinematic real-time rendering to AEC.
Chaos launches Envision: Immersive presentations for architects
Chaos Envision is now out of beta and available to AEC users worldwide. Solution delivers cinematic animations.
Maxon brings Hollywood-grade Rendering to Architecture Market
Maxon enters the ArchViz market, bringing Hollywood-grade rendering to Architecture built on Redshift and Cinema 4D technology.
Chaos launches Chaos Anima 6—First Traffic Simulation for ArchViz
Anima 6 adds traffic simulation to human simulation in the world’s leading crowd simulation software for ArchViz visualization professionals.
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2025.1
Epic releases Twinmotion 2025.1 update with cool new features for AEC visualization — including new orthographic mode real-time renderings.
Maxon acquires Laubwerk for 3D plant assets
Laubwerk GmbH of Berlin is acquired by Maxon, the Nemetschek Group’s media and entertainment software company to advance AEC visualization.
Chaos launches V-Ray 7 for SketchUp and Rhino
Chaos V-Ray 7 for SketchUp and V-Ray 7 for Rhino and Grasshopper are now out for the two most popular 3D AEC modelers.
3D News: Khronos Group Launches Slang Initiative for Graphics
Slang offers the 3D industry advanced GPU shader development productivity and portability via broad industry collaboration
AU News: Chaos Offers First Look at Chaos Envision and V-Ray 7 for Max
Chaos continues to impress in 2024 with two new products debuting at Autodesk University 2024 — Chaos Envision is the chief one.
Q&A with Chaos Enscape—Improving the Design Workflow
Enscape Impact is just the first step (or track) in Chaos’ vision for improving the design workflow for the global architecture market.
LiveSync technology brings D5 real-time rendering to Vectorworks
D5 Render LiveSync plugin for Vectorworks brings a new leader in architectural visualization to the popular global BIM/CAD platform.
Chaos Launches Enscape 4.1—New Real-Time Energy Modeling Added
Enscape 4.1 adds Real-Time Energy Modeling as part of its Enscape Impact Add-On — Brings Building Performance to Visualization.
The Future of Immersive and Simulation — A Discussion with Pete Morrison of Bohemia Interactive Simulations
AI, XR (immersive headsets), advanced visualization, and terrain models are converging rapidly as the West prepares for its future security. The BAE Systems’ subsidiary talks to Architosh about its technology and where things are headed.
Enscape 4 Announced—First Cross-Platform Mac-Win Release
Enscape 4 delivers 95% Parity for Mac in the first cross-platform release set to change the tenor of utilization for Mac users.
NVIDIA Omniverse to now stream USD scenes to Apple Vision Pro
New Omniverse Cloud APIs to let developers stream interactive, industrial digital twins into Apple Vision Pro.
NVIDIA launches new RTX 500 and RTX 1000 laptop GPUs
NVIDIA RTX 500 and 1000 mobile GPUs powered by Ada generation GPU core deliver advanced AI, computer and graphics powers to mobile professionals
Chaos Joins Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD)
Chaos joining the Alliance for OpenUSD is a major step forward for emerging international standards set to finalize spec by the end of 2025.
Looking at Autodesk’s Workshop XR Technologies
Autodesk Workshop XR brings immersive technologies like VR, MR, and AR into Autodesk Construction Cloud for the AEC industry.
Tech Soft 3D Intros new HOOPS Luminate for Advanced Rendering
HOOPS Luminate is the new toolkit that brings advanced and real-time rendering to the HOOPS family of engineering software SDKs.
Chaos Bridge comes to 3ds Max
Chaos launches its Chaos Bridge, as part of its V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max update 2, unifying its AEC visualization workflow for architects.
Future of Architectural Visualization—Free Report
Chaos Future of Architectural Visualization report indicates that real-time rendering is now key to many architects’ workflows.
Matterport announces new CAD add-on
Matterport announces a new CAD file add-on to produce editable CAD drawings directly from Matterport digital twins.
AMD Radeon PRO W7700 GPU Launched
AMD unleashes new Radeon PRO W7700 graphics card for workstation professionals across CAD and BIM industries.
Lenovo Unleashes Performance with New ThinkStation P8
New Lenovo ThinkStation P8 features AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series processors and pairs with NVIDIA Ada-generation RTX graphics cards.
Enscape for Mac Now Available for Vectorworks
With the new Enscape for Mac, all Vectorworks users can benefit from this popular cutting-edge real-time interactive renderer.
Chaos Talks anima with Architosh—Buying AXYZ design and Arch Viz Futures
Animation and the impact of advanced technologies like AI are just some of the exciting reasons why Chaos’ latest acquisition strengthens the industry leader.
NVIDIA’s New RTX Ada Generation GPUs for Workstations Pack Power
New NVIDIA Ada Generation RTX 5000, RTX 4500, and RTX 4000 offer accelerated AI and DCC workflows for professional users.
Maxon Delivers Massive updates for Maxon One
Maxon announces significant updates to products in its Maxon One subscription bundle, including Capsules, Forger, Redshift, and Trapcode.
RealityScan for Android
Epic Games and Capturing Reality release their powerful RealityScan photogrammetry app for Android devices.
Enscape 3.5 boasts Digital People and Adjustable Assets for AEC
Enscape 3.5 for Windows offers numerous new capabilities, better image quality, new adjustable assets and more.
NVIDIA to present AI research at SIGGRAPH 2023
NVIDIA to present around 20 cutting edge AI research papers at SIGGRAPH 2023.
Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max, Update 1
V-Ray 6, Update 1 for 3ds Max boasts numerous improvements that will give 3D artists even more capabilities to improve their workflows.
Maxon One Updates — New Redshift Render Updates and More
Maxon Redshift Render gains new materials and more as part of Maxon One update pack.
2023 Maxon One updates summarized
Maxon kicks-off its New Year with a round of major Maxon One updates.
Apple Intros new M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pro
Apple delivers brand new MacBook Pros with new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips. Both make compelling mobile workstations.
Autodesk open sources Bifrost-USD in Maya update
Feature-rich update for Maya adds flexible workflow enhancements for simulation, including new open source Bifrost-USD integration.
V-Ray 6 for Revit Connects with Enscape
Chaos announces that its V-Ray 6 for Revit connects with Enscape, so architects can easily share data between the two applications.
Nearabl adopts Bentley iTwin platform
As Nearabl adopts Bentley iTwin, it extends the use of its technology within the global infrastructure, construction, and design industries.
Greyscalegorilla Tactile released—Virtual Materials
Greyscalegorilla releases Tactile, a growing virtual materials library of beautiful and realistic 3D materials. It offers five stunning collections, entitled Clay Fine, Clay Rough, Clay Sculpting, Clay Doh, and Unfinished Wood.
Chaos Connects V-Ray 6 for SketchUp and Rhino to Enscape
Photorealism Renderers now support popular Real-Time Architectural Visualization tool Enscape—smooth transfers between Architects and Specialists.
Matterport introduces Matterport Pro3 camera
Matterport introduces its all-new Matterport Pro3 camera, together with major updates to its digital twin platform. The Matterport Pro3 Camera is the one of the world’s most advanced 3D capture devices.
AKULAR releases AKULAR TWIN
AKULAR has just announced the release of AKULAR TWIN, a lightweight mobile application built upon Bentley Systems iTwin platform.
ToolTalk: Taking a look at TurboCAD 2022 latest features
TurboCAD® 2022 is the latest release of IMSI’s comprehensive professional 2D/3D CAD software for MS Windows. It includes hundreds of drawing tools, 3D modeling tools, photorealistic rendering, and extensive file importing and exporting support.
Enscape 3.4 Now Released
This latest version offers architects and designers many innovative feature updates. Enscape is not a standalone application. It plugs into your existing modeling software, giving you an integrated design and visualization workflow across all project phases.
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max, a major upgrade to its all-in-one photorealistic rendering software. Artists can use powerful new world-building and workflow tools. New features include an Object Scattering Tool, Procedural Clouds and memory-efficient geometric tiling. V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max also introduces a cloud collaboration tool to speed up reviews and approvals.
Nemetschek joins the Metaverse Standards Forum
Nemetschek announced 12 July 2022 that it has become a founding member of the Metaverse Standards Forum. This is a newly established governing body that aims to foster agreement on requirements and priorities for metaverse interoperability standards. Prior to joining the Metaverse Standards Forum, Nemetschek’s Maxon brand had already embraced exchange file formats and bridges to other software.
NZDF (New Zealand Defence Force) buys BISim’s VBS4
BISim (Bohemia Interactive Simulations) announced a deal with the The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to purchase BISim’s simulation VBS4 software. The NZDF plans to use it for its tactical command and control training program.
