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Old 11-03-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default [ABT]Nvidia Ray Tracing API available
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The OptiX engine, which has been beta tested for the past six months, drastically shortens the development time required to create ray tracing apps by supplying state-of-the-art acceleration approaches that allow developers to concentrate on compelling features – not just performance.
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What exactly does Ray-Tracing do?
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What exactly does Ray-Tracing do?
It simulates the way that the light affects the objects in an image producing a very high degree of photorealism.
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What exactly does Ray-Tracing do?
as far as i know it follows light beams to create ultrarealistic reflections etc it literally traces a ray of light



EDIT: damn... got beaten to the punch :P
but it sounds pretty kewl, id love to mess with this stuff for my 3rd year project at varsity
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It simulates the way that the light affects the objects in an image producing a very high degree of photorealism.
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as far as i know it follows light beams to create ultrarealistic reflections etc it literally traces a ray of light
what they said
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what they said
Yup. You can trace any ray of light to a single source.
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So photorealistic lighting effects is all?

Man, I thought it was more than that
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OP, you spelled Nvidia wrong in the thread title.

Thanks for posting this, though...I am off to read it.
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So photorealistic lighting effects is all?

Man, I thought it was more than that
Is photorealism not good enough for you?
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