Download the Second Installment in 2019’s Defining Book on Ray Tracing for Free
We’ve kicked off 2019 with a free gift to the development community … Read more
Tag Archives: Ray Tracing
The Authoritative Book on Real-Time Ray Tracing Has Arrived
In 2018, with the release of NVIDIA’s RTX series GPUs, real-time ray tracing finally became accessible to game developers, content creators, and consumers … Read more
NVIDIA RTX Top 3: Week of November 21, 2018
Every week, we’ll be delivering 3 interesting stories coming from the world of RTX Game Development … Read more
Windows 10 October 2018 Update: Available Now – Includes DirectX Raytracing
Real-time ray tracing has been the holy grail of graphics for decades … Read more
Porsches, Storm Troopers, and Ray Tracing: How NVIDIA and Epic are Redefining Graphics
Throughout 2018, NVIDIA and Epic Games have led the charge in showing what development teams can pull off with real-time ray tracing … Read more
NVIDIA Turing Optimized Developer SDKs
The NVIDIA Turing architecture is one of the biggest leaps in computer graphics in 20 years. Here’s a look at all of the developer software announced to take advantage of this cutting-edge GPU … Read more
DX12 Ray Tracing Tutorials
Real-time ray tracing represents a new milestone in gaming graphics … Read more
RTX Coffee Break: Reference In-Engine Path Tracer (6:22 minutes)
A new video tutorial explains why it’s important to have a path tracer in your rendering engine, and detail how the Optix 5.0 AI Denoiser can improve the quality of a rendered imag … Read more
RTX Coffee Break: Ray Traced Reflections and Denoising (9:52 minutes)
Reproducing accurate reflections has always been a big challenge in game development. Artists and engineers traditionally needed to apply a complex set of connected solutions – and even then, the results can be jarring. Edward explains how ray tracing and denoising solves this … Read more
RTX Coffee Break: Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion (4:17 minutes)
SSAO (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion) is popular, but a limited process being used in contemporary games. Ray tracing provides better results. We explain why, and prove it with a set of side-by-side examples … Read more