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On 3/22/2018 7:33 PM, Kenneth wrote:
> Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmail com> wrote:
>> On 3/22/2018 7:56 AM, Mike Horvath wrote:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81E9yVU-KB8
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>> Also this:
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81E9yVU-KB8
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> Those game demos are really impressive-- using DirectX 12 and some kind of new
> raytracing API. But it got me thinking about *how* this real-time raytracing
> technique works-- given that GPUs are not suitable for speeding up raytracing
> calculations (based on lots of past comments here in the newsgroups, anyway.)
> Apparently, only *some* aspects of the game's visuals make use of this new
> API+GPU strategy, the remainder relying on the usual rasterization techniques
> (AFAIU). Take a look here...
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/microsoft-announces-the-next-step-in-gaming-graphics-directx-raytracing/
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As I understand it, GPUs have advanced far enough that there's no longer
a show-stopper preventing POV-Ray from making use of GPUs for rendering
scenes. It's *only* (LOL!) a matter of rewriting POV-Ray from scratch so
that similar rays are bundled together and processed in batches. Or
something.
http://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3Cweb.568aea3fed87f78dadb2e4f80%40news.povray.org%3E/
Mike
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