Nvidia

APRIL 1, 2021

To help them achieve this goal, NVIDIA has pioneered real-time ray tracing hardware with the launch of the RTX 20 series. Traditionally, most lighting is baked offline, computing just a handful of “hero” dynamic lights at runtime. From the beginning, NRD was specifically designed to work well with low ray budgets.

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Ray Tracing Baking Development Lightmap 40

Nvidia

MAY 26, 2021

This laid out a vision of a new era of computer graphics for video games that featured photorealistic, ray-traced lighting, AI-powered effects and complex worlds with massive amounts of geometry and high-resolution textures. This allows users to focus less on tedious tasks and more on creativity.

Ray Tracing 52

Ray Tracing Engine Engineering Content 52

iXie gaming

JULY 19, 2024

Example: Soft light from a computer screen) There are two main methods to calculate lighting quality: Ray Tracing. Baked Lighting. Spreads light from a flat surface, offering softer illumination than point lights. Mimics how light behaves in the real world for very realistic visuals but requires a lot of computing power.

Art 52

Art Games Texture Culling 52