Exclusive: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition Analysis - The First Triple-A Game Built Around Ray Tracing

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a good overview of what ray-traced lighting changes for developers and players.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Digital Foundry

Topic

real-time ray tracing

Format

explainer

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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• Real-time ray traced reflections are an impressive trick, but real-time global illumination is where this tech shines IMO. This Digital Foundry video ( [VIDEO] ) is a good overview of why this is such a huge leap forward for developers and players alike. Metro: Exodus …

• Here is a good video by Digital Foundry looking at Metro Exodus Enhanced edition with devtools. Where they show what raytracing is and how it differs from regular lighting. [VIDEO] simplified tldr: with raytracing you build the environment, designate which parts (like sun, lamps) emit …

• There's also Metro: Exodus, which the developers have re-made to only support RT lighting. DigitalFoundry made a nice video on it: [VIDEO]