Past events

Be sure to tune in on October 6, 2022, when we’ll host a dedicated live webinar on Zoom. We'll help familiarize you with all the new features and demonstrate how your day-to-day work will benefit from them. We’ll also provide useful tips on how you can make the most of your V-Ray 6 experience. 

Here’s what you will see:

•  V-Ray 6 for Cinema 4D overview - what’s new, its benefits, and how to use its new features in the real world
•  Useful tips from our friends from 3D Render and Beyond, Stefano and Viola, on how to make the most of the new version 
•  Q&A session with Chaos product experts

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Dates: 5, 12, 19 & 26 October, 2022

You’re invited to join Chaos and reseller Elmtec for a series of four webinars this October. Designed for everyone from beginners to seasoned SketchUp visualizers, the webinars will present expert advice on everything from the initial SketchUp design process to producing a polished render in V-Ray 6. Each session will run for 30 - 45 minutes, finishing with a Q&A session.

Webinars:

• Webinar one, October 5, 2022: Concept to Completion: Archilime’s Introduction to V-Ray 6 for SketchUp by Archilime Academy
• Webinar two, October 12, 2022: Getting started in V-Ray: Rendering & Creating photorealistic images by Chaos CG Specialist
• Webinar three, October 19, 2022: Real End-Users in the V-Ray Hot Seat by V-Ray Users, including Interior design expert Karina Reid and Set Designer Luke Whitelock
• Webinar four, October 26, 2022: Animation, Lighting & Visuals: Take your V-Ray Design to the Next Level by Archilime Academy and Chaos CG specialist

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Date: October 4, 2022

Join Boyan from the Chaos 3D team as he showcases some of the powerful new features and demonstrates how they can help you streamline your workflow and create faster than ever before. 

Be sure to save the date as, during the webinar, you’ll also receive access to an exclusive scene that you can use to start experimenting with V-Ray 6 for Maya’s new features. 

We will finish with a Q&A session. 

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In the next episode of The Chaos Campus Live Show we'll meet Alessandro Michelazzi, an internationally awarded photographer and educator based in Florence. His specialization ranges from portrait and street style photography to landscape and cityscape travel photography. The love for new technologies led him to be one of the first professional photographers to embrace smartphone photography, CGI and 360 intereactive photos in his work. Him and host Nikos Nikolopoulos will do a deep dive into the philosophy of composition and reveal the key ingredients to making an image stand out. 

Starting time: 3PM GMT

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24 Hours of Chaos is a series of 12 back-to-back online shows, uniting 3D artists and designers from around the world working in arch viz, VFX, animation, gaming, product design, and more. This year’s 24 Hours of Chaos will be more interactive than ever before. Get ready to take part in the panel discussions, quizzes, and giveaways together with the CG industry's true innovators.

Join us live on YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook on September 8-9, starting 6 P.M. (GMT +1).

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In the next edition of The Chaos Campus Live Show, we get to meet Teodor Vladov - an arch viz artist with a decade full of experience to share. In 2012 Teo established Helldoor Visual Studio and has since been supporting architects, urban planners, investors and publicity bureaus in providing authentic, atmospheric imagery for their projects. For the last few years Teo has also been the Director of 3D and Architectural Design of a networking agency, focused on real-estate marketing. Tune in live to discover what's the driving force behind everything he's doing and how he views the power of personal projects.

Starting time: 3PM GMT

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Our 3D specialists will show you how V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max’s new features helped them create the fantastic visuals in 3ds Max' release video. We will show you how to add rocks, plants, and more for a lush exterior environment, fill your sky with animated clouds, and make fabrics fully detailed with actual geometry — all without burning up time or RAM. Plus, you will see how to share and get feedback from your team and clients.

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Episode 5 of The Chaos Campus Live Show will introduce us to Georgi Zhekov. He is a CG professional with more than 10 years worth of experience in the field of fluid simulations and visual effects, who's focused on helping the 3D community - companies and users alike - get the best out of Chaos Phoenix and V-Ray. Tune in to hear his story, learn more about Phoenix and get inspired.

Starting time: 3PM GMT

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When: July 15 at 8 pm CST

Where: On Bilibili

Join host Shusen Zhao, Yi Xiang, and Gao Zihan for our first special livestream on Bilibili on Friday, July 15 at 8 pm CST to learn what’s new in V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max and how to apply it in your workflow. You can sign up for our raffle prior to the event for the chance to win awesome prizes.

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Episode 4 of The Chaos Campus Live Show will introduce us to Katia Kolovea. She is a lighting enthusiast, communication strategist, and an advocate for the lighting design professionals. Her passion for light, people, and the creation of engaging and immersing experiences led her to start her business - Archifos. Archifos started as a blog, evolved into a personal brand, and in the last year, it has been focusing on the intersection of lighting design, experiential marketing, and engaging communications. When she is not designing interactive and immersive lighting experiences, Katia collaborates with businesses in the lighting industry to help them communicate their brand and services in a meaningful, innovative, and personalized way online and offline. Tune in to hear her story and get inspired.

Starting time: 3PM GMT

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With From Zero to Hero, Chaos is here to help deliver professional advice and insights into the architecture industry from people who have worked their way up to successful positions and projects.

Join us on Zoom on May 26, from 6 P.M. CET,  for a series of engaging and inspirational 15-minute talks. The event will focus on delivering tips and tricks, advice and insights from successful professionals on kick starting your career in the arch viz industry.

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Time: May 26 at 14:30 (UK time)

Want to bring your exterior arch-viz projects to life with vegetation? In the next installment of Archilime’s Academy, head of operations Dan will demonstrate how realistic and high-quality flora can bring your scenes to life. 

Archilime will also welcome returning guests:

• Laubwerk, who will give you a behind-the-scenes look at their incredible plant kits and upcoming releases.
• Chaos, who are going to show us how this integrates into the V-Ray for SketchUp ecosystem.

In just 90 minutes, you will have all the knowledge you need to start adding realistic vegetation into your scenes. So what are you waiting for, green-fingered friends?

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