NVIDIA preps Real-Time Ray Tracing for Vulkan

Posted on Tuesday, May 08 2018 @ 13:14 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Linux tech site Phoronix writes NVIDIA is working to add support for the RTX real-time ray tracing technology to the Vulkan API. The site heard NVIDIA offered a VK_NV_raytracing extension to The Khronos Group:

NVIDIA has been working on exposing their RTX ray-tracing tech through Vulkan via a VK_NV_raytracing extension that fits with the Vulkan API well. NVIDIA has offered this ray-tracing API design to The Khronos Group as they work towards a multi-vendor standardization for ray-tracing with Vulkan.

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