Global Illumination: Part VII of Ray Tracing Gems
Learn More about Global Illumination for FREE in Part VII, the FINAL installment of Ray Tracing Gems.
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Ray Tracing Gems II Available Today as Free Digital Download
This Open Access book is a must-have for anyone interested in real-time rendering.
Building a Dream Home with Real-Time Ray Tracing
This article covers an interview with OIa Stalmach, co-creator of House or Crickets, a 2020 DXR Spotlight Contest Winner.
Essential Ray Tracing SDKs for Game and Professional Development
Game and professional visualization developers need the best tools to create the best games and real-time interactive content. Read this article to find out what NVIDIA technologies will provide developers optimal real time ray tracing within their workflows.
Ray Tracing in Unreal Engine 4: Top 10 Developer Questions
We recently hosted Ray Tracing in Unreal Engine 4, a webinar now available on-demand that guides developers on best practices for producing real-time ray-traced reflections, global illumination, shadows, and more. We hosted a Q&A session, and received an overflow of excellent questions from the audience. This posts includes the top 10.
Improving the Image Quality of Ray Tracing with 240Hz Displays
At SIGGRAPH 2019, NVIDIA’s Josef Spjut discussed best practices for real-time ray tracing when the display target is 240 Hz refresh rate monitors.
Top Nine Developer Questions About the Ray Tracing Essentials Series
During our recent webinar on ray tracing, available on-demand now, we received over 800 questions from developers who attended the session. Thanks to everyone who participated! After combing through the stack, NVIDIA researchers Eric Haines and Adam Marrs have selected the nine most compelling questions, and provided in-depth answers.
Behind the scenes of Opus Visual’s LP Trailer: How a Small Team Delivered Life-like Visuals With Ray Tracing
Real-time ray tracing allows Opus Visual to capture the look and feel of a real space without sacrificing interaction.
OptiX: A New Look for GPU Ray Tracing in Film and Design
In this talk, Steven Parker, Vice President of Professional Graphics at NVIDIA walks his audience through the history of ray tracing at NVIDIA, starting in 2008 when he joined the company.
Conquering Noisy Images in Ray Tracing with Next Event Estimation
At SIGGRAPH 2019, NVIDIA presented a talk entitled “Light at the End of the Ray,” which explained importance sampling, and why it is critical for real-time ray tracing applications.
Free Chapters From the Upcoming Ray Tracing Gems II Every Week in July
Every Wednesday in July, we are making pre-print PDFs of full chapters from the upcoming book Ray Tracing Gems II available free for download.
An Interview with Carbon Machina on Real-Time Ray Tracing
An interview with Carbon Machina, the team behind the creation of Scavenger, a DXR Spotlight Contest 2020 Winner.
Upgrade Your Graphics: Explore New Ray Tracing Features for NVIDIA Nsight Tools
The union of ray tracing and AI is pushing graphics fidelity and performance to new heights. Helping you build optimized, bug-free applications in this era of rendering technology, the latest release of NVIDIA Nsight Graphics introduces new features for ray tracing development, including tools to help you harness AI acceleration. Check out what’s new in … Continued
Ray Tracing Essentials Part 1: Basics of Ray Tracing
Ray Tracing Essentials is a seven-part video series hosted by the editor of Ray Tracing Gems, NVIDIA’s Eric Haines.
Ray Tracing Gems II: Available August 4th
We are pleased to announce that Ray Tracing Gems II, the follow up to 2019’s Ray Tracing Gems, will be available for digital download and print on August 4th, 2021.