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Ray-Tracing with Vulkan - Owners' Workshop Manual - Programming (Beginners Onwards): Everything You Need To Get Started With Vulkan Ray-Tracing
Ray tracing has emerged as a transformative technology in graphics rendering, providing a level of realism that has long been sought after in interactive applications. While ray tracing was once limited to high-end offline rendering due to its computational demands, advancements in GPU hardware and ...
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