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Emerging Trends in Game Art: Real-Time Rendering, Stylized Game Art, and Beyond 

iXie gaming

The advancements in GPUs, ray tracing, and game engines like Unreal Engine 5 and Unitys HDRP (High Definition Render Pipeline) have pushed real-time rendering to the forefront of game art innovation. Games like Cyberpunk 2077, Control, and Minecraft RTX showcase how ray tracing can elevate realism without compromising performance.

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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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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. Six years ago, real-time ray tracing was seen as a pipe dream. This real-time cinematic series showed off visuals at a level of fidelity that audiences had only ever seen in high-end animated films. Check them out below: Video.

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Latest NVIDIA OptiX Renders Ray Tracing Faster Than Ever Before

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NVIDIA OptiX Ray Tracing Engine is a scalable and seamless framework that offers optimal ray tracing performance on GPUs. NVIDIA OptiX Ray Tracing Engine is a scalable and seamless framework that offers optimal ray tracing performance on GPUs. In this fall update to the NVIDIA.

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How to become a 3D Lighting Artist

CG Spectrum

The skills of a 3D lighting artist can be applied in video games, visualization , film and television, animations, and virtual production. Video explaining how lighting (as well as surfacing ) added realism and supported the emotional story arc of Netflix's 3D animated film Over the Moon. How does 3D lighting work?

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

Nvidia

NVIDIA RTX Path Tracing is the ultimate solution for ray tracing. Realistic physical illumination is naturally implemented with path tracing, which improves visual appeal and reduces defects. What challenges did you face during the process of integrating ray tracing?

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NVIDIA RTX, Unreal Engine 5 Define Future of Game Development and Content Creation

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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.