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Ray Tracing Gems II Available Today in Hardcover

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Ray Tracing Gems II is now available to download for free via Apress and Amazon and as a hardcover on Apress and Amazon as well. Ray Tracing Gems II is now available to download for free via Apress and Amazon and as a hardcover on Apress and Amazon as well. For those who love books as a.

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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. This Open Access book is a must-have for anyone interested in real-time rendering. Ray Tracing Gems II is now available to download for free via Apress. This Open Access book is a must-have for anyone interested in real-time rendering.

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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. The rendering pipeline of Justice is built on physically based rendering (PBR). Realistic physical illumination is naturally implemented with path tracing, which improves visual appeal and reduces defects.

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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. Rendered with Chaos V-Ray.

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

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It sits between the game and render API, and abstracts the SDK-specific API calls into an easy-to-use Streamline framework. Streamline’s plug-and-play framework sits between the game and render API. 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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NVIDIA RTX technology enables real-time ray tracing and path tracing for ground truth lighting. Use paint tools for set dressing, or tap into Omniverse Physics — like PhysX 5 , Flow , and Blast — to bring realistic details to 3D models.

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