[MUD-Dev2] [DESIGN] Ray traced environments

[Jeffrey Kesselman]

On 3/17/07, John Buehler <johnbue at msn.com> wrote:
>
> 2. Is there any real value in going with raytracing?  Are photo-realistic
> environments a niche feature for games?  Is this the point where the visuals
> just make the rest of the game look bad by comparison?

Question  2a:
With all the multi-pass rendering tricks now available and fast thanks
to programmable GPUs, is there any significant [b]value[/b] to ray
tracing any more?