Render.ru has posted a great interview with Vladimir Koylazov and Peter Mitev on the origins of Chaos Group and the development of the company’s software, including V-Ray. (Russian|English online translation)
Render.ru has posted a great interview with Vladimir Koylazov and Peter Mitev on the origins of Chaos Group and the development of the company’s software, including V-Ray. (Russian|English online translation)
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I still remember when we first reported on the pre-release versions of V-Ray surfacing, and reaction to the news was “please, not another renderer!”. Can’t help but smile when remembering that.
Congrats to the Chaos Group developers on their excellent work.
Here you can find our first news items on the issue, reported by Laurent M. Abecassis (who now heads Di-O-Matic) back in 2001:
http://cgpress.com/archives/941_developer_news_chaotic_dimension_site_up_new_plugins_under_development.html
http://cgpress.com/archives/955_on_the_web_new_images_up_at_chaotic_dimension.html
^lol yeah, it is like Sean Penn who said to young Metallica that they will never succeed with name like that. Epic fail.