Polyphony Digital who are known for their Gran Turismo series recently revealed and showcased that they are working on their own version or real-time ray tracing technology. The developer teased the technology in their latest title in the series; Gran Turismo Sport, and was shown at this month’s SIGGRAPH Asia 2018.
The benefits that ray tracing provides were shown with vehicle reflections and authentic shadows courtesy of the game engine tracing the rays of light as it bounces off the many different objects in the scene or imagery.
Though the video capture does no justice to the technology, it still demonstrates the advanced lighting and reflections in Gran Turismo Sport with the help of real-time ray tracing technology.
Polyphony has not confirmed how they will use the technology or when they plan to implement the technology. Whether the technology will come in the, soon to come, PlayStation 5 is yet to be confirmed. However, the developers did add that they are still exploring the possibilities with ray tracing.
The most important question it raises is if there will be ray tracing technology in the next generation console by Sony. The current PlayStation 4 is powered by AMD tech, and it is more than likely that it will power the PlayStation 5 too. Does this suggest that AMD will go head to head with NVIDIA on ray tracing in 2019?
If a developer like Polyphony Digital, that has sold 100 million games exclusively for the PlayStation can tease the technology, then it is more than likely that AMD will come out to reveal the ray tracing technology of their own.
If PlayStation 5 comes out with 4K 60FPS console, then we could expect 1080p 60FPS gaming with games in real-time ray tracing. This is setting up for it to be a big leap compared to what PS4 has to offer right now. For now, we can expect Polyphony Digital to tease out more of the technology next year, which will confirm a lot about the next Sony console.
What do you think of the technology revealed by Polyphony? Do you think PS5 will come with real-time ray tracing technology? Let us know in the comments below.
