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Intel Researchers Consider Ray-Tracing for Mobile Devices

Posted by Soulskill on from the smaller-pretty-pictures dept.

An anonymous reader points out an Intel blog discussing the feasibility of Ray-Tracing on mobile hardware. The required processing power is reduced enough by the lower resolution on these devices that they could realistically run Ray-Traced games. We've discussed the basics of Ray-Tracing in the past. Quoting: "Moore's Law works in favor of Ray-Tracing, because it assures us that computers will get faster - much faster - while monitor resolutions will grow at a much slower pace. As computational capabilities outgrow computational requirements, the quality of rendering Ray-Tracing in real time will improve, and developers will have an opportunity to do more than ever before. We believe that with Ray-Tracing, developers will have an opportunity to deliver more content in less time, because when you render things in a physically correct environment, you can achieve high levels of quality very quickly, and with an engine that is scalable from the Ultra-Mobile to the Ultra-Powerful, Ray-Tracing may become a very popular technology in the upcoming years."

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  1. Re:Inverse Moore's Law by koh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Inverse Moore's Law states that the more time that developers spend on making games look 'pretty', the less time they spend on playability. My psychic powers tell me you've played one of the recent Final Fantasy titles.

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  2. Sweet!! by glavenoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's about time for S.P.I.S.P.O.P.D. for mobile devices! I've only been waiting about 15 years!!!

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  3. Brilliant! by neonmonk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can just see two moustached elderly gents discussing research, possibly even drinking Guinness out of a bottle. They go silent for a few minutes and then one of them, whilst stroking his long droop moustache suddenly jumps up and proclaims:

    "Holy Crap! Mobile gaming devices have tiny screens, imagine how easy it'd be to use advanced raytracing graphics!"
    "Brilliant!"

  4. prog10 by k2enemy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too bad the source code for the highly optimized prog10 raytracer was lost in the great hard drive crash of '98.

  5. Imagine a Beowolf cluster of those.... by ducomputergeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rendering my latest blender project....

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