SMART GLASS Material

jpmorla

Hi fellow vray-ers! I have a design where a bathroom is separated from the room via a Smart Glass Wall. I have already rendered a version where the glass is fully transparent and am in the process of re-creating the scene with the glass "turned on".

I looked into tutorials for frosted glass and have been playing with refraction glossiness and fog. However, I am having a hard time achieving the right look. When on, Smart Glass is really not see through, but it is not fully frosted either. It is a bit milky, with sharp reflections.

I was hoping that one of you experienced render artists would give me a hand with the right parameters to play with to achieve this glass look. If anyone has done this before, I would be so grateful if you could share your material.

I am attaching some pictures of a real apartment where this glass has been used. As you can see, the glass changes from transparent to opaque/transluscent with the push of a button!

Thanks in advance and Happy Thanksgiving to those in the USA!

jpmorla

Maybe I should play with the transparency of the diffuse layer as well? FYI, I have the glass modeled with true thickness (two faces separated by the thickness of the glass).