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raytracing rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by bbpolterGAYst@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can somebody please ELI5 ray tracing for me. Yes I have googled and am only more confused

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rather than have someone paint a light and shadow to lighten the weight of processing graphics on your machine they are leaving ai to do it.

AI comes with a price. Which is why bit coin was the problem on energy grid. In the case of raytracing it's nailing your pc hard and it offers no gain