Chaos reveals a vision for the future: empowering creativity through cutting-edge technology
In the ever-evolving world of technology and creativity, staying ahead of the curve is essential. During the recent Chaos Unboxed Live virtual keynote, participants such as CEO Christian Lange and co-founder and chief innovation officer Vladimir “Vlado” Koelizov showcased a slew of developments poised to redefine the creative process.
At the heart of Chaos' strategy lies a commitment to three core principles: accelerating innovation, delivering fully connected solutions, and ensuring cross-platform accessibility. Through seamless integration and cutting-edge tools, Chaos can empower architects and artists alike, revolutionizing industries and shaping the future of design.
Advertisements during the keynote showcased innovations that could redefine the world of visualization – and beyond.
Sustainable design
Chaos has announced a groundbreaking innovation that has the potential to revolutionize sustainable design: a new building performance module for Enscape.
This development seamlessly integrates BIM modeling, performance analysis, and real-time visualization within the familiar Enscape environment, so you can dynamically see and adjust the energy efficiency of your design as modifications are made, enabling insightful decision-making and democratizing building performance analysis.
As Vlado stated, “This will allow you to see the impact of your design choices, and be confident in the first phase of creating a sustainable building – exactly when you can make the most impact.”
Chaos Lab for Artificial Intelligence
Several innovative tools from the newly created Chaos AI Lab were also announced. Through the Chaos Cosmos content suite, users can now create textures simply by describing them in chat, and further enhance them by adding specific details such as metallic shine, scratches, or logos. These materials can then be used in all Cosmos projects.
Additionally, Cylindo offers an AI-powered “Instant Lifestyle Visuals” tool, allowing users to create product visuals in different styles using natural language prompts to control composition.
Enscape also receives a stylized real-time visual upgrade, allowing for a hand-drawn aesthetic for more artistic flexibility. “With all these capabilities, we aim to make your creative processes smoother and your designs easier to communicate,” says Vlado.
A new storytelling solution
Later this year, Chaos will introduce a storytelling platform that seamlessly integrates scenes from any Enscape or V-Ray project. With this powerful tool, you can quickly optimize a scene, explore different design variations, animate possibilities, and even coordinate crowds and traffic – all at unprecedented speed.
“This new storytelling solution will work across all Chaos-powered products, ensuring a fast start and no dead ends,” says Vice President of Product Phil Miller.
Architects and visualization specialists can leverage this solution to effectively communicate their design stories, incorporating complex details, diverse permutations, and engaging animations that far exceed the capabilities of traditional CAD tools.
Enhance interconnectedness
Further integration between various Chaos products is planned, including support for Universal Scene description (USD) and MaterialX in V-Ray, and enhanced collaboration features across Enscape, Corona, and Vantage.
“In addition, Enscape's integrations with Cloud Collaboration and Cosmos and storytelling capabilities will bring new dimensions to interoperability,” says Peter Mitev, vice president of product. “We are improving Corona to support Collaboration, VRScenes, and Vantage, all focused on seamless interoperability across our products.”
Expand accessibility with V-Ray for Blender
Blender has gone from niche software to a major player in the 3D industry thanks to its low barriers to entry, ever-expanding feature set, and passionate community. In this context, Chaos announced the planned integration of V-Ray with Blender.
“Whether you're just starting out on your 3D rendering journey or prefer open source solutions, you can learn and benefit from our award-winning renderer,” says Vlado.
Real-time collaboration and enhanced presentation
A transformative solution is in development that allows for real-time, photorealistic 3D design review and collaboration on any device, meeting the needs of remote creative teams.
“Our mission here is to transform design collaboration through real-time 3D design reviews on any device,” says Vlado.
Additionally, Enscape will gain integrated GPU and mobile display capabilities, while Vantage will support multiple head-mounted displays to provide seamless VR experiences.
The keynote was just the beginning of the Chaos Unboxed experience, with more online and in-person events scheduled to follow throughout the year, the first of which is scheduled to take place in Berlin on March 21.
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