In modern gaming, lighting is king and there’s never been a more wondrous thing than ray tracing. Ray tracing is an old, but now widely, available technology that realistically renders light and ...

Our comprehensive guide to real-time ray tracing, the next big leap in graphics processing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When ...

Unless you're a physicist, you probably don't pay too much mind to the function of light in your daily life. Light is light, right? When there is light, we see, and when there isn't, we don't. But ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Demystifying ray tracing for the next generation. Ray tracing is an ...

If you're eyeing up a new graphics card for your build, then you've probably wondered what ray tracing is. It's been around seven years since the real-time lightning rendering technique first debuted ...

Every few years, it seems like there's an amazing new technology with the promise of making games look ever more realistic. Over the decades, we've had shaders, tessellation, shadow mapping, ray ...

Since it was invented decades ago, ray tracing has been the holy grail for rendering computer graphics realistically. By tracing individual light rays as they bounce off multiple surfaces, it can ...