Ray Tracing Gems II - Next Generation Real-Time Rendering with DXR, Vulkan, and OptiX

Ray Tracing Gems II: Next Generation Real-Time Rendering with DXR, Vulkan, and OptiX



English | 2021 | ISBN: 148427184X | 884 pages | pdf | 262.22 MB

This Open Access book is a must-have for anyone interested in real-time rendering. Ray tracing is the holy grail of gaming graphics, simulating the physical behavior of light to bring real-time, cinematic-quality rendering to even the most visually intense games. Ray tracing is also a fundamental algorithm used for architecture applications, visualization, sound simulation, deep learning, and more.
Ray Tracing Gems II is written by industry experts with a particular focus on ray tracing, and it offers a practical means to master the new capabilities of current and future GPUs with the latest graphics APIs.
What You'll Learn:

The latest ray tracing techniques for developing real-time applications in multiple domains
Case studies from developers and studios who have shipped products that use real-time ray tracing.
Guidance, advice and best practices for rendering applications with various GPU-based ray tracing APIs (DirectX Raytracing, Vulkan Ray Tracing)
High performance graphics for 3D graphics, virtual reality, animation, and more


Who This Book Is For: Game and graphics developers who are looking to leverage the latest hardware and software tools for real-time rendering and ray tracing to enhance their applications across a variety of disciplines.