5 ms·Raytracing is a very broad family of algorithms, path tracing is certainly "a raytracing algorithm".by dualogy 12y agoRaytracing is a very broad family of algorithms, path tracing is certainly "a raytracing algorithm".ilaksh 12y agoSeems like they are similar but different.huuu 12y agoRaytracing is the art of tracing a ray. Pathtracing is the art of tracing paths of rays using raytracing.ilaksh 12y agoIs it an art or a specific technique used in 3d computer graphics rendering?huuu 12y agoBoth ;)