NVIDIA VXGI 2.0.1

NVIDIA VXGI

NVIDIA Voxel Global Illumintaion (VXGI) 2.0.1 is a framework that can be used to implement voxel-based lighting effects in a real-time renderer. It provides means to quickly compute a voxel representation of a mesh scene and use that representation with Voxel Cone Tracing for diffuse and specular global illumination, ambient occlusion, and high-quality area lighting. Adding these effects to the scene greatly improves the realism of the rendered images. Besides these lighting effects implemented inside VXGI, applications can use the voxel data to build custom rendering effects, such as refractive materials or light map baking.

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What’s New in Version 2.0
  • VXAL, or Voxel Area Lighting
  • Improved overall performance
  • One-pass voxelization
  • Simpler controls for tracing and voxelization
  • Support for custom G-buffer layouts
  • Stereo view reprojection
  • Simultaneous VXGI and VXAO
Key Features
  • Indirect diffuse and specular interreflections
  • High-quality planar area lights with soft shadows
  • Large-scale, stable ambient occlusion
  • Dynamic and procedural geometry
  • Dynamic lights and emissive materials
  • Virtual Reality support, including MRS and LMS
Release Notes: 2.0.1
  • Fixed: user-defined shader loading errors on GPUs that do not support certain features like FastGS
  • Fixed: voxelization flickering on Volta GPUs
  • Improved error handling in the sample applications
Platforms PC
Dependencies DX11, DX12
Engines UE4 (GitHub)
Links GameWorks UE4 Forums

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