MD2018 MD2018

How real time raytracing is revolutionizing computer graphics

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Auditory butic 
SPANISH (SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION) 
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In the last GDC Epic Games released a short movie called Reflections made in collaboration with NVIDIA and ILMxLAB.

This movie shows the real time ray tracing technology Epic has developed during the last years, and from the first day it was perceived as a watershed moment for the film and tv industry, that points out photorealism in real time is just around the corner.

In this talk Juan Cañada will explain how the movie was done, what were the main challenges and how they were faced. He will also explain how real time ray tracing will impact the future of digital content creation and what are the barriers that should be broken next. 

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JUAN CAÑADA
Juan Cañada
Senior Graphics Lead
Epic Games

Juan is Senior Graphics Lead at Epic Games, where he helps to develop the acclaimed game engine Unreal Engine. Unreal Engine has been used in a multitude of AAA games (included the acclaimed Fornite, also developed by Epic Games) and is also used in other sectors apart from games such as automotive, architecture and product design.

Juan Cañada is also teacher at the IE Business School, where he teaches data visualization and big data. Before, he was the Head of the Visualization division at Next Limit Technologies, where he led the Maxwell Render team for more than ten years.