

In 2021, Chaos went on to win an Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their work on it.

In 2017, Vladimir Koylazov, then CTO of Chaos, received a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work on V-Ray.

In 2002, it released the first version of 3D rendering software V-Ray. The company released its first product, fire and smoke simulation software Phoenix, then called Phoenix FD. History Ĭhaos was founded in 1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria as Chaos Group by Peter Mitev and Vladimir Koylazov. In 2022, it merged with Enscape, with the resulting company keeping the Chaos brand. Chaos is best known for the development of V-Ray. It was founded in 1997 by Peter Mitev and Vladimir Koylazov. Chaos is a rendering and simulation software developer headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria.
