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Q&A: Real-Time Ray Tracing in a Cinematic Scene

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Six years ago, real-time ray tracing was seen as a pipe dream. Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame. Six years ago, real-time ray tracing was seen as a pipe dream. What is the difference between path tracing and ray tracing?

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Flexible and Powerful Ray Tracing with NVIDIA OptiX 8

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NVIDIA OptiX is a powerful and flexible ray-tracing framework, In the realm of computer graphics, achieving photorealistic visuals has been a long-sought goal. NVIDIA OptiX is a powerful and flexible ray-tracing framework, enabling you to harness the potential of ray tracing.

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Ray Tracing Gems II Available Today as Free Digital Download

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Ray Tracing Gems II is now available to download for free via Apress. Ray Tracing Gems II is now available to download for free via Apress. Ray tracing is the holy grail of gaming graphics, simulating the physical behavior of light to bring real-time, cinematic-quality rendering to even the most visually intense games.

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New Ray-Tracing, AI, Cloud, and Virtual World Tools Simplify Game Development at GDC 2022

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Easier ray-tracing integration for games with Kickstart RT In 2018, NVIDIA Turing architecture changed the game with real-time ray tracing. This scene highlights ray tracing, global illumination, ambient occlusion, and ray traced shadows, enabled through KickStart SDK.

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Change the Rules of the Game: NVIDIA Omniverse Brings an Arsenal of RTX and AI-Powered Apps, Extensions and DIY Toolkits to Accelerate Game Development Pipelines

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Collaboration and simulation platform simplifies complex challenges like multi-app workflows, facial animation, asset searching, and building proprietary tools. Collaboration and simulation platform simplifies complex challenges like multi-app workflows, facial animation, asset searching, and building proprietary tools.

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Unveiling Far Cry 6 Info: Everything You Need to Know

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He also worries about the future – in the first cinematic trailer, we see Anton giving his 13-year-old son Diego a very harsh lesson. In addition, in third-person mode we will be watching the main character (or heroine) in many in-game cinematics – this is also an innovation for the Far Cry series.