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title: 'New free book: Ray Tracing Gems II'
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date: '2021-08-06'
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#  New free book: Ray Tracing Gems II 

  August 6th at 4:30pm

 Explore the capabilities of the latest graphics hardware and APIs (DXR, Vulkan, and OptiX). Review a comprehensive collection of ideas, tips, and best practices for real-time ray tracing applications. Learn about real-time ray tracing, hybrid rendering, denoising & filtering, global illumination, and more, with advice from graphics experts at NVIDIA and top game developers in the game industry. 

 [ Read More  ](https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-7185-8)

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