Maya 2022 Support – Native support for Maya 2022 features, including MayaUSD.V-Ray 5 for Houdini will also mark the beta launch of V-Ray for Solaris, which helps artists work natively in SideFX’s USD-based shot layout and look dev tool via a V-Ray Hydra delegate. The initial Maya implementation will support several key asset exchanges, including static/animated meshes, V-Ray materials, subdivisions, displacement and more. As the pipelines have grown more complex, the need for a universal format has become even more pronounced. so artists have an easy way to share and dynamically update assets without workarounds or compromises.

Initially developed by Pixar, the USD format is designed to hold the most common types of scene data - geometry, shaders, lights, rigs, hair, etc.

Artists will now have a non-destructive way to collaborate and assemble their scenes, making it easier to store and move scene data between different applications. Chaos has introduced initial Universal Scene Description (USD) support for V-Ray 5 for Maya and V-Ray 5 for Houdini.

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