NVIDIA Shows Off Ray Tracing in Minecraft, Metro Exodus and More

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    As Gamescom 2019 begins, NVIDIA is starting off with more news about ray tracing. Various titles that are set to feature ray tracing in the near future are being showcased by the company but the headliner is, definitely, the best selling video game of all time, Minecraft.

    According to franchise creative director of Minecraft at Microsoft, Saxs Persson:

    “Ray tracing sits at the center of what we think is next for Minecraft. GeForce RTX gives the Minecraft world a brand-new feel to it. In normal Minecraft, a block of gold just appears yellow, but with ray tracing turned on, you really get to see the specular highlight, you get to see the reflection, you can even see a mob reflected in it.”

    NVIDIA and Mojang are also adding a form of ray tracing known as path tracing for the Windows 10 version of the game. Path tracing simulates the way light is transported throughout a scene. It presents a unified model for lighting calculations for many different types of effects that have traditionally been implemented separately using rasterized or hybrid renderers. Some of these effects are as follows:

    • Direct lighting from the sun, sky and various light sources, including emissive
    • surfaces such as glowstone and lava
    • Realistic hard and soft shadows depending on the size, shape and distance of the light source
    • Per-pixel emissive lighting
    • Indirect diffuse illumination (diffuse global illumination)
    • Indirect specular illumination (reflections)
    • Transparent materials with reflection, refraction and scattering (stained glass, water, ice)
    • Atmospheric scattering and density (volumetric fog, light shafts, realistic sky)

    In addition to Minecraft, a host of other titles, both out now and upcoming, were showcased with ray tracing. Below are are all the games highlighted by NVIDIA:

    Dying Light 2 NVIDIA Ray Tracing

    Dying Light 2 The highly anticipated open world action RPG Dying Light 2, the next installment to the franchise with over 17 million players, will feature real-time ray tracing, taking immersion in the world of the infected set within a Modern Dark Age to the next level.

    Metro Exodus NVIDIA Ray Tracing

    Metro ExodusThe Two Colonels downloadable content (DLC) – Metro Exodus’ use of global illumination made ita showcase title for ray tracing. Now, NVIDIA, 4A Games and Deep Silver are adding ray-traced global illumination with emissive lighting via the upcoming The Two Colonels DLC. Attendees can play the upcoming The Two Colonels DLC for the first time.

    SYNCED: Off-Planet – Tencent’s flagship games development studio has partnered with NVIDIA to unveil its inaugural AAA game featuring ray-tracing technology. Previously unannounced, SYNCED: Off-Planet is a brand new franchise that will use ray-traced reflections and shadows in a new twist on PvPvE that has players fighting each other while surviving 1,000+ “Nano Zombies.” Attendees can play the game and capture their gameplay to share.

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – One of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling game franchises of all time, the Call of Duty team at Activision revealed that the newest installment in the fan-favorite Modern Warfare series will feature real-time ray tracing on PC. Awarded “Best Online Multiplayer” by Game Critics Best of E3 2019, the new blockbuster title launches worldwide on Oct. 25. Attendees of the Gamescom NVIDIA event can finally get hands-on play with the highly anticipated game, and capture PC gameplay featuring ray-traced shadows to share.

    Control A showcase for ray-traced graphics, Control ships Aug. 27 and is a GeForce RTX™ bundle title. Control was nominated for Game Critics Awards in the Best Original Game, Best PC Game and Best Action/Adventure Game categories. The game supports NVIDIA DLSS technology as well as ray-traced reflections, shadows and global illumination, and will be one of the first games to support multiple ray tracing effects. Attendees can play the game and capture gameplay to share.

    Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 – Considered one of the five biggest announcements at GDC 2019 by IGN, attendees to NVIDIA’s event receive a guided presentation of the highly anticipated Vampire RPG that features ray-traced reflections.

    Watch Dogs: Legion – With more than 60 awards and nominations received at E3 2019, including Game Critics Best Action/Adventure Game, the newest installment in the Watch Dogs series will feature ray tracing. Attendees get a chance to experience the GeForce RTX title first-hand with ray-traced reflections.

    Wolfenstein: Youngblood NVIDIA Ray Tracing

     Wolfenstein: Youngblood – Nominated for E3 Game Critics’ Awards in the Best PC Game, Best Online Multiplayer game and Best Action Game categories, Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the second GeForce RTX bundle title at Gamescom. Attendees can experience the game with the addition of ray traced reflections.

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