Real-time ray tracing is a powerful rendering technique that can create incredibly realistic images. NVIDIA OptiX and RTX technology make this possible, even for scenes with a massive amount of detail. However, when these detailed scenes involve movement and animation, maintaining real-time ray tracing performance can be challenging. This post explores how the new RTX Mega Geometry features��
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NVIDIA cloud gaming service GeForce NOW is providing developers and publishers with new tools to bring their games to more gamers��and offer new experiences only possible through the cloud. These tools lower local GPU requirements to expand reach and eliminate cost by offloading AI inference tasks to the cloud. At the Gamer Developer��s Conference (GDC) 2025, NVIDIA demonstrated hybrid AI��
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The next generation of NVIDIA graphics hardware has arrived. Powered by NVIDIA Blackwell, GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs deliver groundbreaking new RTX features such as DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, and NVIDIA RTX Kit with RTX Mega Geometry and RTX Neural Shaders. NVIDIA RTX Blackwell architecture introduces fifth-generation Tensor Cores to drive AI workloads and fourth-generation RT Cores with��
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NVIDIA DLSS 4 is the latest iteration of DLSS introduced with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs. It includes several new features: Here��s how you can get started with DLSS 4 in your integrations. This post focuses on the Streamline SDK, which provides a plug-and-play framework for simplified plugin integration. The NVIDIA Streamline SDK is an open-source framework that��
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NVIDIA recently announced a new generation of PC GPUs��the GeForce RTX 50 Series��alongside new AI-powered SDKs and tools for developers. Powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, fifth-generation Tensor Cores and fourth-generation RT Cores, the GeForce RTX 50 Series delivers breakthroughs in AI-driven rendering, including neural shaders, digital human technologies, geometry and lighting.
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NVIDIA today unveiled next-generation hardware for gamers, creators, and developers��the GeForce RTX 50 Series desktop and laptop GPUs. Alongside these GPUs, NVIDIA introduced NVIDIA RTX Kit, a suite of neural rendering technologies to ray trace games with AI, render scenes with immense geometry, and create game characters with lifelike visuals. RTX Kit enhances geometry, textures, materials��
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Grab your copy of GPU Zen 3 to learn about the latest in real-time rendering. More info >��
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Integrate RTX into your own game and understand what ReSTIR means for the future of real-time lighting in this May 21 webinar.
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The union of ray tracing and AI is pushing graphics fidelity and performance to new heights. Helping you build optimized, bug-free applications in this era of rendering technology, the latest release of NVIDIA Nsight Graphics introduces new features for ray tracing development, including tools to help you harness AI acceleration. Check out what��s new in the NVIDIA Nsight Graphics 2024.1��
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Join us at the Game Developers Conference March 18-22 to discover how the latest generative AI and NVIDIA RTX technologies are accelerating game development.
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Get up to speed on the current state of ray tracing in the NVIDIA RTX Branch of Unreal Engine and what��s coming next.
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In 2019, if you wanted to check out the cutting edge in video game graphics, you needed an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 Series GPU and a copy of a game that was released in 1997, Quake II. With those pieces in hand, you could be among the first players in the world to see path tracing running in real-time on a consumer GPU. ��Somehow a game from 1997 convinced me it was time to upgrade��
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Six years ago, real-time ray tracing was seen as a pipe dream. Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame overnight��a painstaking process. By 2018, this level of performance was achievable in real-time, at 45 frames per second, enabling applications like video games to take a massive leap in graphical quality. As part of our RTX 500��
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In this webinar, see how YouTube creator JSFILMZ uses NVIDIA RTX and how it enables him to iterate on creative ideas.
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For manufacturing and industrial enterprises, efficiency and precision are essential. To streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance productivity, companies are turning to digital twins and discrete-event simulation. Discrete-event simulation enables manufacturers to optimize processes by experimenting with different inputs and behaviors that can be modeled and tested step by step.
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Learn how game developers can add leading-edge NVIDIA RTX technologies to Unreal Engine with custom branches.
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Explore how ray-traced caustics combined with NVIDIA RTX features can enhance the performance of your games.
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Since 2018, NVIDIA DLSS has leveraged AI to enable gamers and creators to increase performance and crank up their quality. Over time, this solution has evolved to include groundbreaking advancements in super resolution and frame generation. Now, the AI neural rendering technology takes the next step forward with DLSS 3.5. This update includes an important new feature called Ray Reconstruction.
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On July 26, walkthrough DLSS 3 features within Unreal Engine 5.2 and learn how to best use the latest updates.
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This release offers Unreal Engine, NVIDIA RTX, and neural rendering advancements.
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NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation is the new performance multiplier in DLSS 3 that uses AI to create entirely new frames. This breakthrough has made real-time path tracing��the next frontier in video game graphics��possible. NVIDIA has made it easier for you to take full advantage of this technology with the release of the Unreal Engine 5.2 Plugin and Streamline 2.1 SDK.
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NVIDIA DLSS 3 is a neural graphics technology that multiplies performance using AI image reconstruction and frame generation. It��s a combination of three core innovations: Powered by these three technologies, DLSS 3 enables upwards of 4x performance boosts, providing headroom for next-generation, path-traced rendering. DLSS Super Resolution has been available in Unreal Engine since��
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Learn how to use the latest NVIDIA RTX technology in NVIDIA Nsight Graphics and get your questions answered in a live Q&A session with experts.
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NVIDIA T4 was introduced 4 years ago as a universal GPU for use in mainstream servers. T4 GPUs achieved widespread adoption and are now the highest-volume NVIDIA data center GPU. T4 GPUs were deployed into use cases for AI inference, cloud gaming, video, and visual computing. At the NVIDIA GTC 2023 keynote, NVIDIA introduced several inference platforms for AI workloads��
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At GDC 2023, NVIDIA released new tools that make real-time path tracing more accessible to developers while accelerating the creation of ultra-realistic game worlds. Announced with the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, DLSS 3 raised the bar not just for visuals but also performance and responsiveness. Since its introduction in 2019 with the NVIDIA Turing architecture��
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Learn about the latest path tracing technologies and how they��re accelerating game development.
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Join us March 20-24 to discover the latest NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies accelerating game development.
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NVIDIA DLSS has revolutionized AI-powered graphics. The latest DLSS Unreal Engine update further enhances experiences for developers and gamers on Unreal Engine 4.27 and higher. Developers can now automatically update to the latest DLSS AI networks. You can patch your games over the air (OTA) using the NVIDIA Game Ready Drivers with the latest DLSS improvements. Gamers can also automatically��
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Join us for the latest on NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies, and learn how they are accelerating game development.
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Join the Level Up with NVIDIA webinar series on January 18. Learn how to leverage the NVIDIA RTX technology in Unreal Engine 5.1 and ask NVIDIA experts about your game integrations in a live Q&A.
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The Unreal Engine 5.1 release includes cutting-edge advancements that make it easier to incorporate realistic lighting and accelerate graphics workflows. Using the NVIDIA RTX branch of Unreal Engine (NvRTX), you can significantly increase hardware ray-traced and path-traced operations by up to 40%. Unreal Engine 5.1 features Lumen, a real-time global illumination solution��
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Learn how to leverage the latest NVIDIA RTX technology in Unity Engine and connect with experts during a live Q&A at this webinar on November 16.
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Join us for the second episode of our webinar series, Level Up with NVIDIA. You learn how to use the latest NVIDIA RTX technology in Unreal Engine 5, followed by a live Q&A session where you can ask NVIDIA experts about your game integrations.
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We sat down with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase to discuss his team��s implementation of path tracing in the popular martial arts game, Justice Online. What is your professional background and current job role? I have more than 20 years of experience in the gaming industry. I joined NetEase in 2012, and am now senior technical expert and lead programmer for Justice. Why did NetEase decide��
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NVIDIA recently announced Ada Lovelace, the next generation of GPUs. Named the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series, these are the world��s most advanced graphics cards. Featuring third-generation Ray Tracing Cores and fourth-generation Tensor Cores, they accelerate games that take advantage of the latest neural graphics and ray tracing technology. Since the introduction of the GeForce RTX 20 Series��
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Learn about the latest RTX and neural rendering technologies and how they are accelerating game development.
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The new ��Level Up with NVIDIA�� webinar series offers creators and developers the opportunity to learn more about the NVIDIA RTX platform, interact with NVIDIA experts, and ask questions about game integrations. Kicking off in early August, the series features one 60-minute webinar each month, with the first half dedicated to NVIDIA experts discussing the session��s topic and the remaining��
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The NVIDIA Branch of Unreal Engine 5 (NvRTX 5.0) is now available. This feature-rich branch is fully compatible with Unreal Engine 5 and has all of the latest developments in the world of ray tracing. NVIDIA makes it easy for developers to add leading-edge technologies to their Unreal Engine games and applications through custom branches on GitHub. With NvRTX 5.0��
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Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, creators can deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds. NVIDIA strives to simplify adoption of our technologies for developers to get hands on with leading-edge RTX technologies.
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Join us at GTC, March 21-24, to explore the latest technology and research across AI, computer vision, data science, robotics, and more! With over 900 options to choose from, our NVIDIA experts put together some can��t-miss sessions to help get you started: How to Design Collaborative AR and VR worlds in Omniverse Omer Shapira, Senior Engineer, Omniverse��
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Today, developers can access the latest versions of RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI), RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI), NVIDIA Real-Time Denoisers (NRD), and OptiX Ray Tracing Engine (OptiX). The updates are available through NVIDIA SDKs and select technologies through the NVIDIA Branch of Unreal Engine (NvRTX). Unreal Engine is the world��s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform.
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Theia Interactive has created award-winning visualizations for hundreds of enterprise clients (including many Fortune 500 companies) in industries spanning automotive, aerospace, manufactured products, and architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC). Theia is known for pioneering the use of real-time rendering for non-game mixed reality and interactive development. It also specializes in��
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Today, NVIDIA is enabling developers to explore and evaluate experimental AI models for Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). Developers can download experimental Dynamic-link libraries (DLLs), test how the latest DLSS research enhances their games, and provide feedback for future improvements. NVIDIA DLSS is a deep learning neural network that boosts frame rates and generates beautiful��
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Today, Unreal Engine developers receive access to several NVIDIA updates. Our custom branch of Unreal Engine 4.27 (NvRTX) improves Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS), RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI), RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI), and NVIDIA Real-Time Denoisers (NRD). The Unreal Engine RTXGI plugin has been updated, making it easy to add the latest version of this global illumination SDK (1.1.
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Increasingly, game developers are making full use of real-time ray tracing and AI in their games. As a result, more gamers than ever are enjoying the beautifully realized lighting and AI-boosted images that you can only achieve with NVIDIA technology. At GDC 2021, NVIDIA��s updates, enhancements, and platform compatibility expansions enable RTX to be turned ON for a larger base than ever before.
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Today, NVIDIA has made Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) easier and more flexible than ever for developers to access and integrate in their games. The latest DLSS SDK update (version 2.2.1) enables new user customizable options, delivers Linux support and streamlines access. NVIDIA DLSS technology has already been adopted and implemented in over 60 games, including the biggest gaming��
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The Game Developer Conference (GDC) is here, and NVIDIA will be showcasing how our latest technologies are driving the future of game development and graphics. From NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) to RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI), our latest tools and technologies are helping game developers create realistic and stunning virtual worlds for gamers. Attendees will also get an��
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Today, Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) is available in Early Access, delivering the next-generation engine from Epic Games that will further propel the industry forward. Unreal Engine is used by more than 11 million creators, making it one of the most popular game engines in the world, and one that continuously pushes the boundaries of what��s possible with real-time technology.
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Game developers around the world attended GTC to experience how the latest NVIDIA technologies are creating realistic graphics and interactive experiences in gaming. We showcased the NVIDIA-powered tools that deliver stunning graphics and improved game performance, and how developers are integrating that technology into popular game titles such as Minecraft, Cyberpunk 2077��
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Unity made real-time ray tracing available to all of their developers in 2019 with the release of 2019LTS. Before the end of 2021, NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. NVIDIA DLSS uses advanced AI rendering to produce image quality that��s comparable to native resolution�Cand sometimes even better�Cwhile only conventionally rendering a��
]]>GTC is a great opportunity to get hands-on with NVIDIA��s latest graphics technologies. Developers can apply now for access to RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI), the latest advancement in real-time ray tracing. Nsight Perf, the next in a line of developer optimization tools, has just been made available to all members of the NVIDIA Developer Program. In addition, several exciting updates to aid game��
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DLSS is a deep learning, super-resolution network that boosts frame rates by rendering fewer pixels and then using AI to construct sharp, higher-resolution images. Dedicated computational units on NVIDIA RTX GPUs called Tensor Cores accelerate the AI calculations, allowing the algorithm to run in real time. DLSS pairs perfectly with computationally intensive rendering algorithms such as real-time��
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Fueled by the ongoing growth of the gaming market and its insatiable demand for better 3D graphics, NVIDIA? has evolved the GPU into the world��s leading parallel processing engine for many computationally-intensive applications. In addition to rendering highly realistic and immersive 3D games, NVIDIA GPUs also accelerate content creation workflows, high performance computing (HPC) and datacenter��
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