Ray Tracing (but who's Ray?)

(Season 3) Minisode 3

Alright, so Ray Tracing! NVIDIA's supporting it with their RTX lineup, and AMD is getting in on the action starting with the RX 6000 series! Heck, even the new consoles seem to have.... it.... but, really, who is Ray? And why are we Tracing him?

Sources can be found on our website, as always.
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Alright, so Ray Tracing! NVIDIA’s supporting it with their RTX lineup, and AMD is getting in on the action starting with the RX 6000 series! Heck, even the new consoles seem to have…. it…. but, really, who is Ray? And why are we Tracing him?

Sources:

Definition:

Tom’s Guide, 14 June 2020, “PS5 and Xbox Series X ray tracing: Here’s why it’s a big deal“TechRadar, 20 August 2019, “What is ray tracing? The games, the graphics cards and everything else you need to know“

Ray-Tracing vs Rasterizing:

ChaosGroup.com, 16 September 2019, “Real-time, ray-traced and rasterized rendering explained”Linus Tech Tips @ Youtube.com, “Is RTX a Total Waste of Money??”

Ray Tracing in Media:

Pixar’s paper on Ray Tracing in the movie Cars (2006)

RT Cores and Ray Accelerators:

Appauls.com, 8 March 2021, “Nvidia RT Cores vs. AMD Ray Accelerators – Explained”Vortez, 18 November 2020, “AMD Radeon RX 6800 Review“AnandTech, 14 September 2018, “The NVIDIA Turing GPU Architecture Deep Dive: Prelude to GeForce RTX”

Website: https://techthoughts.gay
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Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA