Differentiable rendering has emerged as a pivotal suite of techniques bridging computer graphics with optimised, gradient‐based methodologies. By computing derivatives of rendering outputs with ...

Caustic Graphics Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.) is a startup company that claims to have made a breakthrough in the hardware acceleration of ray-traced graphics. Caustic claims a 20 times speedup for ...

Nvidia on Monday unveiled a new GPU architecture, designed for the $250 billiion visual effects industry, to power rich, cinematic-quality interactive experiences. The Turing GPU is the first ever GPU ...

Have you ever wondered how graphics cards work to create the vibrant, neon-lit streets of a futuristic cityscape in your favorite video game? Every detail—from the glint of rain-soaked pavement to the ...

The creation of computer graphics has evolved dramatically as computers have become commonplace in homes around the world. Computers today are more powerful, smaller and quieter than those in the past ...

Ray tracing is a term you’re going to hear a lot now that Nvidia has announced professional and consumer graphics cards that use this technique to produce some of the most life-like simulations ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Like ray casting, ray tracing “determines the visibility of surfaces by tracing imaginary rays of light from viewer’s ...

Forward-looking: Microsoft first introduced DirectX alongside Windows 95 as an incentive to drive game developers to support the new GUI-based operating system. The company has never stopped improving ...