Ray Tracing Courses and Certifications

Two Minute Papers

TU Wien Rendering - Reinhard's Tone Mapper

Explore Reinhard's tone mapping algorithm for converting radiance to RGB in rendering, covering both local and global versions used in major renderers.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Two Minute Papers

Rendering - Tone Mapping Basics

Explore tone mapping techniques for converting radiance to RGB in rendering, covering dynamic range, naive and effective mappers, and common misuses.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nvidia

Light Resampling in Practice with RTXDI - Part 2

Explore practical light resampling with RTXDI, covering dynamic mesh lights, emission profiles, and ReSTIR techniques to effectively sample millions of area lights for improved rendering quality.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nvidia

Rendering Games with Millions of Ray Traced Lights

Explore advanced ray tracing techniques for rendering games with millions of lights, focusing on importance sampling and resampling methods to achieve stunning visual effects efficiently.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Cherno

Optimizing Ray Tracing Performance - Code Review

Optimize ray tracing performance through code review, exploring multi-threading, and implementing efficiency improvements for faster rendering in C++.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI)

The Effect of Intrinsic Alignments on Weak Lensing Statistics in Hydrodynamical Simulations

Explore how galaxy intrinsic alignments affect weak lensing statistics using IllustrisTNG simulations, revealing significant impacts on cosmological parameter estimation accuracy.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

X.Org Foundation

Improving the World's Slowest Raytracer - RADV Implementation Progress

Dive into the evolution of RADV's raytracing implementation, exploring performance improvements, compatibility expansions, and current capabilities in Mesa 23.2's graphics rendering system.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Unity

Activating Ray Tracing with Unity's High Definition Render Pipeline

Learn to enable and optimize ray tracing in Unity's HDRP. Explore various ray-traced effects, debug views, and performance tips for games and high-end visualizations.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Cherno

Path Tracing - Introduction to Ray Tracing Series

Explore path tracing in ray tracing, including accumulation techniques and sample gathering. Learn to create photo-realistic digital imagery with optimized C++ implementation and GPU acceleration.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Perspective in 3D - Vector Math and Ray Tracing for Financial Data Analysis

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Explore vector math, ray tracing, and creative engineering as Perspective's expression language is repurposed for 3D graphics, blending financial analysis with game engine concepts.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CoA Physics

Multi-Lens Systems and Ray Tracing in Physics - Lecture 4

Master optical physics concepts through detailed examples of single and multi-lens systems, ray tracing techniques, and practical applications like simple magnifiers and virtual objects.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX

gVulkan - Scalable GPU Pooling for Pixel-Grained Rendering in Ray Tracing

Innovative multi-GPU acceleration for Vulkan-based ray tracing, enabling cloud offloading and dynamic workload balancing for enhanced rendering performance and scalability.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Computer Graphics

Learn to create images of 3D scenes in both real-time and with realistic ray tracing in this introductory computer graphics course.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 6-12 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Computer Graphics II: Rendering

Learn to create realistic 3D computer-generated images using ray and path tracing techniques. Master high-quality physically-based rendering for movies, games, and visualization.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 1-12 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Unreal Engine

Dive Into Real-Time Ray Tracing for Archviz with Unreal Engine - Webinar

Explore real-time ray tracing techniques for architectural visualization, including lighting adjustments, reflections, and debugging methods in Unreal Engine.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video