This Open Access book is a must-have for anyone interested in real-time rendering。 Ray tracing is the holy grail of gaming graphics， simulating the physical behavior of light to bring real-time， cinematic-quality rendering to even the most visually intense games。 Ray tracing is also a fundamental algorithm used for architecture applications， visualization， sound simulation， deep learning， and more。
Ray Tracing Gems II is written by industry experts with a particular focus on ray tracing， and it offers a practical means to master the new capabilities of current and future GPUs with the latest graphics APIs。
What You'll Learn:
The latest ray tracing techniques for developing real-time applications in multiple domains
Case studies from developers and studios who have shipped products that use real-time ray tracing。
Guidance， advice and best practices for rendering applications with various GPU-based ray tracing APIs （DirectX Raytracing， Vulkan Ray Tracing）
High performance graphics for 3D graphics， virtual reality， animation， and more

Who This Book Is For: Game and graphics developers who are looking to leverage the latest hardware and software tools for real-time rendering and ray tracing to enhance their applications across a variety of disciplines。