Many would not argue that the holy grail of graphics rendering is real-time ray tracing, and there are industry-wide efforts to make that a reality. Real-time ray tracing is computationally demanding, ...

When it comes to video game graphics, ray tracing is the current holy grail. It's a form of rendering technology that is arguably best known for its ability to significantly boost the quality and ...

A new demo from Remedy shown at GTC Europe gave some idea how much of a hit Nvidia GPUs can take from ray tracing. It's not a pretty picture. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

The team over at CRYENGINE demonstrated a unique, hardware-agnostic implementation of real-time ray tracing within the Neon Noir demo at GDC 2019, brazenly demonstrating accurate reflections working ...

Ray tracing was arguably this year's hottest trend in gaming as the rendering technique introduces more realistic shadow and lighting effects to gameplay. It's a bit of a resource hog though, so ...

The latest update for World of Tanks is a pretty big deal, at least when it comes to rendering. The update adds ray tracing to the game, but most importantly, it doesn’t rely on Nvidia RTX graphics ...

Watch the PlayStation Ray Tracing Demo Trailer for Zenless Zone Zero, a free-to-play action RPG developed by HoYoverse. With Version 1.4, players on PlayStation 5 Pro will receive enhancements such as ...

The new Resident Evil Village demo has been put through its paces by VGTech, revealing the game can almost hit 60FPS during the game’s ray tracing mode, which still renders at 4K resolution. While ...

is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. We already know that ray tracing can ...

Why it matters: Ray tracing seems to be the big thing in gaming right now, though you do need one of Nvidia's RTX cards to experience the full effect. But World of Tanks creator Wargaming is demoing ...

Square Enix, the JRPG behemoth behind Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, has released a tech demo titled Back Stage, which is rendered almost entirely with a technique called path tracing. This is an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Ray tracing isn't a household name yet, but it's a big deal. The ...