Ambient occlusion details the shadows for how those objects interact with each other. It’s something you have to see to understand. Below, you can see an example from Control with ambient ...

The trailer looks nifty, and shows the jewel in the PC’s RTX crown: ray-traced ambient occlusion. In basic terms, this refers to more realistic shadow effects in certain scenarios (darker areas ...

Final Fantasy XIV's first graphical overhaul since the release of version 2.0 in 2013 is here with version 7.0, including changes to lighting and ambient occlusion (AO), the addition of DLSS ...