A new demonstration video has been published this week by NVIDIA demonstrating the real-time Ray Tracing technology available to game developers. Using the latest NVIDIA RTX graphics cards. Mar 19, 2018 Epic Games has partnered with NVIDIA to support their newly revealed RTX technology via the DXR API to bring these features to Unreal Engine 4 in order to run ray tracing on the GPU. Epic and NVIDIA will share more information about this on Wednesday (see below).
Those that possess purchased into Nvidia'beds RTX gaming vision are usually still waiting for the cascade of current raytracing enabled game titles to appear on Computer. If you move and check the established GeForce RTX showcase page nowadays you will find a checklist of just six games and one technology demonstration that are available to provide yóur Turing GPU a ráytracing workout. For referrals, it is certainly nine a few months since HEXUS analyzed the Nvidia GéForce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080.
A huge help for the Nvidia RTX trigger, and current raytracing in general via the likes of the Microsoft'beds DirectX Ray Tracing API (DXR), will be when video games engines arrive packing this 'holy grail' technology. Back in February we noticed the initial versions of the well-known Unreal Motor 4 arrive with real-time ray tracing assistance (preview function), and it should have got a big impact on the amount of DXR able titles in credited course.
Yesterday Epic Games, the manufacturers of Unreal Engine, shared information regarding one of the biggest games of all period, Fortnite. On YouTube it published the Fortnite X Tom Wick: Wick'h Bounty Movie trailer (embedded above). This video clip showcases an up-date that allows players to end up being the advanced assassin John Wick, within the sport.
Although not really stated in the YouTubé blurb, the demonstration video features an interesting development. The UE Twitter account state governments that the demo footage was taken with UE4's new raytracing techniques applied. Apparently the trailer functions:
ray-traced shadows
ray-traced ambient occlusion
ray-traced refIections
ráy-traced global illumination
Fortnité isn't án apparent candidate for raytraced images with its cartoony design and competitive need for high frame prices. However, looking at the video with the understanding that raytracing offers been used, one can place the realistic illumination and shadows in the darkish neon-lit rainfall soaked streets. This illustrates the problem with current raytracing - games engines had been already quite good at faking realistic lighting so you require to watch out properly for 'authénticity'.
Nvidia'h marine RTX
ln various other raytracing news, Nvidia released a blog page post a few hours ago on the subject of marine raytraced scenes. It states that it can now'make underwater moments appear photo-real with ray traced drinking water cáustics in DXR'.
0f course light behaves in different ways under water and Nvidia't Holger Gruen, a confident snorkeler, has been operating on producing convincing illumination simulations of aquatic environments. If you want a heavy dive into this aspect of current raytracing Nvidia offers propagated a five small cut of Gruen speaking at the GDC earlier this season.