Chaos announces the release of Chaos Vantage 3, the first major update to its real-time visualization platform in more than two years. With Vantage, AEC professionals can now drop their designs directly into digital replicas of real-world locations, add realistic environmental effects, refine materials with true-to-life lighting and visualize every detail in real time without sacrificing speed or quality. Whether leveraging the new support for universal formats or using Vantage 3 as a powerful standalone creative platform, users can build their designs exactly how they want, faster and easier than ever before.
“Vantage has always been about giving artists and designers an immediate, photoreal view of their work, whether they’re creating buildings, products or entire worlds,” said Allan Poore, chief product officer, Chaos. “With Vantage 3, we’ve taken that even further for AEC users by introducing USD and MaterialX support, adding new tools to explore designs in a real-world context, refining materials and lighting with greater control, all while keeping the creative process fast, fluid and inspiring.”
With Vantage 3, AEC users can now make the most of Gaussian splats that are part of their V-Ray Scene files. Gaussian splatting is a technology that has exploded in popularity for film and gaming through its ability to capture the real world as detailed 3D data. Instead of relying on costly scans or hand-built models, creators can quickly turn photos or scans of objects, streets or entire neighborhoods into editable 3D scenes. Architects and designers can then place their projects directly into lifelike environments, creating an immediate sense of scale and context. New volumetric rendering takes the immersion even further by adding fog, smoke and light rays, while the Night Sky system introduces astronomically accurate stars, moon phases and even the Milky Way for striking exterior views.
Vantage 3 now leverages the Chaos AI Material Generator, available directly inside the Chaos Cosmos browser, and a new material editor, giving AEC users precise control over the look of a scene, down to the smallest detail. The fully integrated Chaos Cosmos, the largest curated 3D asset library for AEC professionals, adds thousands of ready-to-use assets — from people and vegetation to furniture — while support for USD unlocks the entire KitBash3D library of 20,000+ production-ready assets for building complex, photorealistic worlds with ease.
Additional features include:
- Camera Tracking — Translate real-world camera moves directly into Vantage to create natural cinematic shots without manual keyframing.
- Extended Texture Support — Apply mapping sources across all sub-maps, adjust texture variation with probability controls and define front/back surface looks.
- New Render Mode — Switch cameras, resolutions and define sequences in a streamlined, non-blocking interface.
- Offset Animation — Position animated V-Ray scenes freely in the scene with persistent spatial geometry, making it simple to build animated fields, crowds and motion.
- Scatter Clustering — Generate natural cluster variations with noise calculations while color map mode and layer paint modes remain accurately rendered.
- Selection Mask (View Mode) — Instantly generate black and white masks of selected objects for compositing.
Open Standards and Compatibility
To support broader pipelines, Vantage 3 now supports USD and MaterialX, enabling direct asset exchange across varied pipelines. Both AEC and VFX artists can integrate Vantage into existing workflows for high-quality playblasts, previz and final-quality rendering, even if they are not using V-Ray.
Pricing and Availability
Chaos Vantage 3 is available now, with monthly, annual and three-year licenses available.
