Chaos Veras, the AI-powered creative ideation tool, is now integrated into V-Ray. Architects, designers, and visualization professionals can now use AI to explore creative concepts, iterate on client feedback, and generate design variations directly in their V-Ray viewport, without exporting files and switching between third-party AI tools.
Key takeaways:
- Veras is now part of V-Ray: AI-powered creative ideation is now available right within your viz workflow.
- Faster client alignment: Generate styled visuals from your viewport in minutes, before committing to a full scene build.
- Alternative views: Create variations, detail shots, and environmental scenarios without editing your 3D scene.
- Instant animation: Turn still renders into short animation clips — no extra render passes or animation setup required.
- Included in all V-Ray plans. Veras is available with V-Ray Solo, Premium, and Collection plans for SketchUp, Rhino, and 3ds Max for now.
What is Veras?
Veras is Chaos's AI-powered ideation tool that runs on Nano Banana 2. You can send a screenshot from your V-Ray viewport or the Virtual Frame Buffer (VFB) and generate styled visuals, helping you explore creative directions, test materials and lighting, and generate rapid design variations — all without modifying your 3D geometry or scene file.
Veras can be used for early and mid-stage design exploration, client alignment, and fast iteration. Once a design direction is locked in, V-Ray provides the precise control needed to refine geometry, lighting, and materials for photorealistic visuals.
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Quickly exploring layout and design ideas with Veras, an AI-powered visualization tool, that is now part of V-Ray
How do you access Veras in V-Ray?
Veras is available in V-Ray for SketchUp, Rhino, and 3ds Max. It’s accessible from various locations inside the V-Ray interface:
- VFB toolbar button — Launches Veras and sends the current render for AI processing.
- VFB history panel — Launches Veras and sends the selected history render for AI processing.
- V-Ray toolbar (2 buttons) — Launches Veras and sends a viewport screenshot or the current VFB image for AI processing.
- V-Ray menu — Launches Veras and sends a viewport screenshot or the current VFB image for AI processing.
- Asset Editor's Toolbar (SketchUp/Rhino) — Opens the Veras window.
What can you do with Veras in V-Ray?
Veras gives designers access to fast, AI-powered creative ideation and image-based iteration directly inside the V-Ray workflow. There’s no need to switch between third-party generative AI tools or move files in and out of V-Ray. Built into the visualization process, Veras is ready whenever you need to explore ideas or iterate quickly.
Here are some of the things you can do with Veras and V-Ray:
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Confirm creative direction early. Send a screenshot from your V-Ray viewport or the VFB to Veras and get styled visuals back in minutes. This is useful for aligning with clients before committing to a full scene build.
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Iterate faster. Swap materials, change the season, add people, and adjust lighting directly in the image.
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Generate variations from a single render. Produce additional views, detail shots, design alternatives, and environmental scenarios from one render, without going back to the 3D scene
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Enhance existing renders. Improve the material quality of walls, floors, and environmental detail in renders you've already produced — without re-rendering.
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Turn stills into animations. Convert still renders into short animation clips with no animation pipeline or extra render passes. Particularly useful for V-Ray for SketchUp and V-Ray for Rhino users.
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Wider project opportunities. Faster ideation expands the types of projects that are viable. Concept-driven and tight-deadline briefs become more manageable when design directions can be visualized and refined quickly.
Two design and scene options created with Veras.
Available in all V-Ray plans
Veras is included across all V-Ray plans (Solo, Premium, Collection) for all supported integrations. Update your V-Ray software to the latest version to access it directly from your existing workspace.
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A note on Chaos credits
Chaos AI services and AI-powered features, including Veras image generation, Veras image-to-video, Cloud rendering, AI Upscaler, and AI Enhancer, consume Chaos Credits.
Chaos Credits are included with your product subscription, giving you a monthly allowance to use across supported services and features. If you need more, additional credits can be purchased at any time. Visit our support site for information.
FAQs
Do I need a separate license or subscription to use Veras in V-Ray?
No. Veras is included across all V-Ray subscription plans. As long as your V-Ray software is up to date, Veras is accessible directly from the V-Ray interface.
Does Veras replace V-Ray rendering?
No. Veras operates at the image level — it generates and modifies visuals based on viewport screenshots, without touching your 3D scene or rendering pipeline. V-Ray remains the tool for final, photorealistic renders, allowing full control over geometry, lighting, and materials.
Does Veras modify my 3D scene or geometry?
No. Veras works on the visual output from your viewport or VFB — it does not alter your CAD, BIM, or 3D scene files. You can explore materials, environments, and design directions freely without affecting your underlying scene.
Which V-Ray integrations support Veras?
Veras is available for SketchUp, Rhino, and 3ds Max for now.
Can Veras make changes to specific parts of a render, or does it affect the whole image?
Both are possible. Veras can apply stylistic changes across an entire frame, or focus on specific areas — such as improving the material quality of floors and walls, or refining environmental detail — without altering the rest of the composition.
How is Veras different from using an external AI tool like Midjourney alongside V-Ray?
With Veras for V-Ray, your actual viewport is the starting point rather than an exported file. You stay inside your existing workflow — no separate platform, no file management, and no need to reconcile AI output with your scene after the fact.