

However, it is currently not possible to edit materials or place lights. It is possible to merge new assets and position or scale them interactively, as well as load LUTs or HDRI cards to change the lighting of the scene. vrscene files into Lavina very quickly – Chaos Group tells us that scenes that open in V-Ray themselves take minutes to load in seconds – and can be examined in real time. In its initial state, Project Lavina is primarily intended as an environment to repeat the look of a V-Ray scene or to examine it in over-the-shoulder reviews. vrscene files and edit objects, cameras or ambient lighting for rendering However, there are obvious potential use cases outside of architectural visualization: For example, to search virtual sets for visual film or broadcast effects.

Most of the early tests we saw – and most of the Chaos Group's demo material – came from artists who use Lavina to explore architectural scenes, especially large objects like mass models. It is described as a tool for “exploring and editing X-ray scenes in real time”. Project Lavina was first shown as a technical preview at Siggraph 2018 and started in closed beta last year. The software uses the RT cores in current generation Nvidia RTX graphics cards to create an interactive, real-time, full-screen view of the environment.Ī new tool for exploring very large architectural scenes or VFX sets in real time Chaos Group has released Project Lavina, their new tool for exploring large V-Ray scenes, as an open beta.
