Qualcomm just introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and one of the key talking points was the chip’s ability for hardware-accelerated ray tracing. Today, Oppo gave us an insight into how the feature would look on a smartphone.
The company has developed a first-person shooter game called “Camp Guard” that demonstrates ray tracing capabilities on a smartphone, which can be seen in the nice promotional video below.
Ray tracing allows for much more realistic graphics, as it increases the physical accuracy of reflections and shadows, bringing games closer to reality. Oppo started working on effects and graphics in 2020 and finally decided to share its findings with Qualcomm. The two companies have optimized the PhysRay Engine 2.0 drivers so that textures appear smooth on a smartphone. The result is running Camp Guard at 720p 60fps for thirty minutes on a device at room temperature, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
We can see in the live demo that the soldier’s reflection appears on the tanker, something that was not achievable until now on mobile phones – only PCs and game consoles. The shadow also changes according to an angle, instead of being a fixed geometric figure.
Even objects that are not in front of the screen can be rendered, thanks to Physically-Based Rendering textures, where even bullets interact with light, making the graphics even more realistic. We can also see refraction in the water, ripples and multiple light sources in different directions.
Ray tracing demonstration images
Oppo’s PhysRay Engine is fully available to game developers and creators, which should pave the way for more realistic mobile games in the future. One smartphone that will have the engine is the upcoming Oppo Find X, which has been confirmed to run the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 once it arrives in 2023.
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