# Explainer: What Is Path Tracing?

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**Created:** [October 19, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/explainer-what-is-path-tracing/231314 "2022-10-19T19:00:19Z")\
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Originally published at: [What Is Path Tracing? | NVIDIA Blog](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/03/23/what-is-path-tracing/#new_tab)  
   
Path tracing is going real-time, unleashing interactive, photorealistic 3D environments filled with dynamic light and shadow, reflections, and refractions.