Ray tracing and path tracing are two of the most exciting and demanding dynamic lighting techniques available to gamers and game developers in 2024. They both represent a massive leap in realism over ...

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The gaming industry has been a forefront for technology since its early days, pushing the expectations of things like handheld computing, online communication, and of course, graphics. For the last ...

TL;DR: Ray-tracing and DLSS 4 technologies are becoming standard in upcoming single-player games, enhancing visual fidelity and performance. NVIDIA highlights 10 major titles, including Resident Evil ...

Unless you're a physicist, you probably don't pay too much mind to the function of light in your daily life. Light is light, right? When there is light, we see, and when there isn't, we don't. But ...

For a long time, no matter how hard I tried, and no matter how much of a performance hit my frame rate took in Cyberpunk 2077, I just couldn't bring myself to play without real-time ray tracing ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Demystifying ray tracing for the next generation. Ray tracing is an ...

Back in 2018, I remember sitting on my couch watching the RTX 20-series announcement on my then-decently powerful gaming laptop. Jen-Hsun took to the stage in a biker jacket, jokingly announced the ...

In brief: Compared to traditional rendering methods, real-time path tracing is often less labor-intensive and can help produce more realistic lighting and shadows in 3D graphics. However, due to its ...