nvpro-samples/vk_raytracing_tutorial_KHR resource

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NVIDIA's progressive tutorial and sample collection for Vulkan ray tracing using the VK_KHR_ray_tracing extensions. It walks through converting a rasterization application into a ray tracer across 8 compilable phases, plus 20+ focused samples on reflections, motion blur, ray queries, and more.

Use cases

• learn vulkan ray tracing from scratch
• convert a vulkan rasterizer to a ray tracer
• understand acceleration structures and shader binding tables
• study examples of ray tracing pipelines in vulkan
• learn ray queries and callable shaders
• build a path tracer with vulkan

When to choose

• you want a step-by-step, compilable tutorial for VK_KHR ray tracing extensions
• you learn best from progressive code checkpoints
• you need reference samples for reflections, motion blur, or ray queries in Vulkan

When to avoid

• you need a production ray tracing engine rather than educational samples
• your GPU or driver does not support Vulkan ray tracing
• you want DirectX or OpenGL ray tracing instead of Vulkan

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learning-resource · maturity active

graphics simulation developer-tools graphics tutorials developer-tools windows cpp vulkan ray-tracing tutorial nvidia path-tracing shaders cmake game-development linux gpu

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