Ray Tracing Gems: High-Quality and Real-Time Rendering with DXR and Other APIs

by Eric Haines (Editor), Tomas Akenine-Möller (Editor)

This book is a must-have for anyone serious about rendering in real time. With the announcement of new ray tracing APIs and hardware to support them, developers can easily create real-time applications with ray tracing as a core component. As ray tracing on the GPU becomes faster, it will play a more central role in real-time rendering. Ray Tracing Gems provides key building blocks for developers of games, architectural applications, visualizations, and more. Experts in rendering share their knowledge by explaining everything from nitty-gritty techniques that will improve any ray tracer to mastery of the new capabilities of current and future hardware.
What you'll learn:
The latest ray tracing techniques for developing real-time applications in multiple domains


Guidance, advice, and best practices for rendering applications with Microsoft DirectX Raytracing (DXR)


How to implement high-performance graphics for interactive visualizations, games, simulations, and more



Who this book is for:
Developers who are looking to leverage the latest APIs and GPU technology for real-time rendering and ray tracing


Students looking to learn about best practices in these areas


Enthusiasts who want to understand and experiment with their new GPUs

Genres: Computers

651 pages, Hardcover

Published February 26, 2019

Reviews

[Martin Winter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book with lots of well written articles and even detailed code samples!

[Carter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book I have be re-reading, along with a range of graphics titles, and recent dissertations from SigGraph. Ray tracing, is an exceptionally old notion; with hardware changes, to some extent real time can be done on conventional desktop and laptop GPU hardware. I have not seen a description of the RTX Core, which is accessible by the Optix API. Given that custom ASIC's are becoming more prevalent, it will be interesting to see where this will go in the future. Recommended. (and IIRC free from NVIDIA's website)