We're a little late in publishing this one - it should have gone up last week, but Gamescom got in the way! Still, ray tracing? In Doom 2? Sounds like a bad ...
  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Raytracing/pathtracing gets a bad rap imo. It’s a really cool effect that, while costly, improves the scene dramatically. Really wish more companies were pushing it, because now that Nvidia has moved on to “AI” I’m worried that it’ll die out a bit.

    • simple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Really wish more companies were pushing it

      Most AAA companies are, but raytracing is super taxing on the hardware that they’re only viable for high-end computers. See: Cyberpunk, Alan Wake 2, Black Myth Wukong