Ah, ray tracing. Although it’s been around for a long time in the film industry, it’s still a rather perplexing term, especially where video games are concerned. Essentially, it’s a ...

We wanted to dive deep into not only what ray tracing actually is, but also drill down on specific ray tracing techniques and explain how they work and why they matter.

Ray tracing is something of a holy grail in graphics processing. By using standard optics equations to calculate the paths that light takes in a scene, a 3D renderer can produce scenes that are ...