NVidia OptiX vs. DirectX Ray Tracing vs. Vulkan Ray tracing

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  • OptiX is since 2009, real time ray tracing API based on CUDA. Good for intensive complex scene and rendering is fast.
  • DXR and VKR are more for real time applications like games. However, DXR is on Windows and X-box. Great API for windows
  • Vulkan works on windows and linux.