# RTX Coffee Break: Introduction to Real-Time Ray Tracing (5:41 minutes)

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**Created:** [August 21, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/rtx-coffee-break-introduction-to-real-time-ray-tracing-5-41-minutes/225107 "2022-08-21T23:45:28Z")\
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Originally published at: [RTX Coffee Break: Introduction to Real-Time Ray Tracing (5:41 minutes) | NVIDIA Technical Blog](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/rtx-coffee-break-introduction-to-real-time-ray-tracing/)  
   
Ray tracing will soon revolutionize the way video games look. Ray tracing simulates how rays of light hit and bounce off of objects, enabling developers to create stunning imagery that lives up to the word “photorealistic”. This video provides an overview of how the technology works. Five Things to Remember: Ray tracing defined: a primitive…