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Optimize Ray Tracing with NVIDIA Nsight Graphics 2021.5 Featuring Windows 11 Support

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NV Vulkan Ray Tracing Extension), Today, NVIDIA announced Nsight Graphics 2021.5, NV Vulkan Ray Tracing Extension), OpenGL, OpenVR, and the Oculus SDK. Nsight Graphics is a standalone developer tool that enables you to debug, profile, and export frames built with high-fidelity 3D graphics applications.

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Ray Tracing Updates Available through NVIDIA SDKs and the NVIDIA Branch of Unreal Engine

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Today, developers can access the latest versions of RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI), RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI), NVIDIA Real-Time Denoisers (NRD), and OptiX Ray Tracing Engine (OptiX). NVIDIA OptiX Ray Tracing Engine 7.4 also received performance improvements to the demand loading library, ray payloads, and curves.

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Updates to NVIDIA’s Unreal Engine 4 Branch, DLSS, and RTXGI Available Now

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Branch offers all of the benefits of mainline UE4.26, while providing some additional features: Faster ray tracing NVRTX includes a number of improvements to ray tracing performance. World position offset simulation for ray traced instanced static meshes (beta) Allows ambient motion of foliage like trees and grass.

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Experience the Latest Breakthroughs in Game Development with NVIDIA at GDC

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Attendees will also get an exclusive look at how NVIDIA Omniverse, the open platform for virtual collaboration and simulation, is helping developers accelerate production workflows. The Technology Behind NvRTX Game developers can dive into the NvRTX family of branches, and learn how to bring enhanced ray tracing support to Unreal Engine 4.

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NVIDIA at GDC 2021: RTX and AI Sees New Platforms, New Development Tools, New Updates, and a New SDK

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Increasingly, game developers are making full use of real-time ray tracing and AI in their games. Increasingly, game developers are making full use of real-time ray tracing and AI in their games. Now, NVIDIA ray tracing and AI are making their premiere on Arm and Linux systems.

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Leveling Up Graphics and Performance with RTX, DLSS and Reflex at NVIDIA GTC

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Developers can apply now for access to RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI), the latest advancement in real-time ray tracing. REAL TIME RAY TRACING MADE EASIER RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI) Imagine adding millions of dynamic lights to your game environments without worrying about performance or resource constraints.

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Implementing Path Tracing in ‘Justice’: An Interview with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase

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NVIDIA RTX Path Tracing is the ultimate solution for ray tracing. What challenges did you face during the process of integrating ray tracing? New technologies generally bring new problems, and the debugging process is particularly more difficult. How has path tracing affected your visuals and gameplay?