
Which rendering technique simulates the paths of individual light rays to produce realistic lighting, reflections, and shadows?
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Get StartedWhich rendering technique simulates the paths of individual light rays to produce realistic lighting, reflections, and shadows?
Options:
- Ray tracing
- Rasterization with z-buffering
- Bump mapping
- Texture atlas packing
Correct answer: Ray tracing
Explanation: Ray tracing traces simulated light paths to generate realistic reflections, refractions, and shadows, unlike traditional rasterization. Real-time hardware ray tracing became prominent with NVIDIA's RTX GPUs in 2018.
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