Chaos has built instant feedback into the viewport by connecting Autodesk Maya and SideFX Houdini to Chaos Vantage’s real-time path tracer. A new stand-alone Chaos Vantage Hydra Delegate for Houdini plug-in streams fully path-traced pixels directly into the Houdini viewport, so artists can make decisions using the same controls and workflow they employ every day. An Enhanced Live Link lets Maya users access a similar viewport experience inside Maya. Now, artists can explore layouts, preview animation in context and more, even when working with massive scenes. With recent support for USD and MaterialX scenes in Vantage, artists can also use the same assets and shaders from throughout the production, ensuring consistency at every stage of the process.

Available in the latest Chaos Vantage 3 update, these features also coincide with updates to V-Ray 7 for Houdini and V-Ray 7 for Maya, which bring new production capabilities to both applications.