Adam Marrs

Peter Shirley

Ingo Wald

"The digital version of this book is available now for free ‚Äì with the print version following very soon!          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."

Ray Tracing Gems II

Adam Marrs, Peter Shirley, Ingo Wald

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