. Because Apple and NVIDIA had a falling out, macOS lacked the hardware to support V-Ray's high-speed GPU engine, making the Mac experience significantly slower for heavy architectural scenes. The Turning Point: Apple Silicon The real transformation began with the introduction of Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3) V-Ray 5 (Update 2): This was a landmark release that added native Apple Silicon support

The trajectory is clear and positive. Chaos is fully committed to the Mac platform. Future updates will almost certainly refine Metal support, close the performance gap with Windows completely, and integrate even more deeply with Apple's hardware advancements. The upcoming M4 Mac Studio and potential future chips promise even more headroom for complex rendering. For Mac-based visualization artists, the future has never looked brighter or faster.