- the second part of the blog post series covering raytracing implementation with compute shaders presents the results of splitting the acceleration structure into two levels
- presents an overview of the implementation, performance comparison
- additionally shows that two-level separation provides additional flexibility advantages

- Vulkan extension for Variable Rate Shading (VRS) has been released as VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate
- adds the necessary API and SPIR-V extensions

- latest PIX update adds support for visualizing the GPU execution of command list from a single ExecuteCommandLists call
- adds support for showing the resources that belong to each descriptor in a heap

The Elephant on RTX – First Light. (or: Ray Tracing Disney’s Moana Island using RTX, OptiX, and OWL)
- the author presents an overview of his raytracer setup
- explains the problems encountered and the current state
- provides an overview of how to trace the Ptex textures on the GPU

- the Unity article explains how to integrate multiple cameras into a scriptable render pipeline
- shows how to use it for split-screen, overlay camera (including correct blending), and in-game UI
- additionally shows how to filter objects for one viewport

- the shader tutorial explains how to stylized toon glass shader
- shows the breakthrough of the individual component and what they contribute to the final result

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