V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max Service Pack 1 is now available for downloadV-Ray RT GPU now supports hair and fur, subsurface scattering and light cache. In addition, we’ve added support for Microfacet GTR / GGX BRDF, which is ideal for hard surfaces such as metal.

Other highlights include:

• New VRayInstancer geometric plugin for instancing objects using ParticleFlow systems
• Added support for OpenSubdiv objects in Alembic files
• A number of V-Ray Frame Buffer improvements
• Updated to Embree 2.3; Embree can now accelerate V-Ray Proxy objects, instances and Hair Farm / Ornatrix hair and fur.

Learn more at www.v-ray.com/features

All V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max customers can download the Service Pack for free.