Earlier today, OPPO held its annual developer conference in Shanghai. This year’s event was called OPPO Developers Conference 2021 (ODC21). At the event, the company showcased many new developments. One of the most interesting ones was ray tracing on smartphones.
For years, ray tracing had been exclusive to computers. This feature enables the physical behavior of light in a digital environment to produce life-like content.
Ray tracing made its debut on gaming consoles with the release of Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X/S in late 2020. Now, it is expected to trickle down to mobile devices like smartphones as early as 2021.
Ahead of that, OPPO demoed ray tracing on one of its current-gen OPPO Reno6 series phones at the OPPO Developers Conference 2021. Although the company did not mention the handset used, it appears to be an OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G as the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 chipset present inside the device has support for ray tracing.
OPPO stated that its ray tracing technology is based on Vulkan API and it is part of ColorOS. The firm also revealed that its tech can not only be used in games but also in live wallpapers, image filters, AR applications, and more.
Ray tracing on OPPO smartphones is expected to debut in 2022. The Chinese company will not be the only one to offer this tech next year. Samsung has also confirmed to debut ray tracing-supported new Exynos chipset with AMD mRDNA GPU. The new silicon will likely power the upcoming Galaxy S22 series.
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