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Real-Time Ray-Tracing with Vulkan for the Impatient
The Vulkan Ray-tracing API is the industry's first open, cross-vendor standard for enabling portable ray-tracing acceleration across diverse platforms. It's a powerful technology that can be used to create stunning visuals and effects in real-time, while becoming increasingly popular among developer...
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