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Ray tracing (graphics)
Ray tracing, also called raytrace, is a computer graphics rendering technique that follows light rays from the camera through a scene, producing physically accurate reflections, refractions, and shadows.
Ray transfer matrix analysis
Ray transfer matrix analysis, also called ABCD matrix analysis, is a geometric optics method that traces a paraxial light ray through an optical system by multiplying 2×2 ABCD matrices.
Ray Vaughn
Ray Vaughn (Rayvon DeRay Welch, born 1996, Long Beach) is a TDE rapper known for Freestyle Fridays, the Peer Pressure EP, the 2025 mixtape The Good The Bad The Dollar Menu, the Joey Bada$$ feud, XXL Freshman 2025, and an RCA deal.
Ray Volpe
Ray Volpe is an American bass music producer, DJ, and songwriter based in Los Angeles, best known for "Laserbeam", the most played dubstep track of 2022.
Ray W. Clough
Ray W. Clough (1920–2016) was an American structural and earthquake engineer at UC Berkeley, co-developer of the finite element method and co-author of Dynamics of Structures.
Ray Walston
Ray Walston (Herman Walston, 1914–2001), American stage, film, and TV actor; Tony winner as the Devil in Damn Yankees, Uncle Martin on My Favorite Martian, two-time Emmy winner as Judge Henry Bone on Picket Fences.
Ray Watson
Ray Watson (Raymond Bates Watson, 1898–1974), American middle-distance runner from Garden City, Kansas; three-time US Olympian (1920, 1924, 1928) who ran without a right hand; first Kansas State Olympian and NCAA mile champion.
Ray Whiteman
Ray Whiteman is a private equity investor who co-founded Stellex Capital Management, a New York middle-market buyout firm, in 2014 after nearly two decades at The Carlyle Group.
Ray Wilkins
Ray Wilkins (Raymond Colin Wilkins, 1956-2018), nicknamed Butch, English midfielder and coach; Chelsea's youngest permanent captain, 84 England caps, played for Manchester United, AC Milan, Rangers, QPR, and later Chelsea's assistant manager.
Ray William Johnson
Ray William Johnson (born 1981, Oklahoma City) is an American YouTuber who created the viral-video commentary series Equals Three (=3), the most-subscribed YouTube channel from 2011 to 2013, and the animated virtual band Your Favorite Martian.
Ray Wilson (English footballer)
Ray Wilson (Ramon Wilson, 1934–2018), English left-back for Huddersfield Town and Everton; won the 1966 World Cup with England (63 caps) and the 1966 FA Cup; later an undertaker, MBE 2000.
Ray Winstone
Ray Winstone (born 1957, Hackney, London) is an English actor and former Repton boxer known for Scum, Nil by Mouth, Sexy Beast, The Departed, and Bobby Glass in Netflix's The Gentlemen.
Ray Wise
Ray Wise (Raymond Herbert Wise, born 1947, Akron, Ohio) is an American character actor known as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me, Leon Nash in RoboCop, and the Devil in Reaper.
Ray Wü
Ray Wu (吴瑞) was a Chinese-American molecular biologist at Cornell University who developed a 1970 DNA sequencing method and produced the first transgenic rice plants.
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard (born 1946, Soper, Oklahoma) is a Texas outlaw-country and Americana singer-songwriter, writer of "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother," known for Snake Farm (2006), Bordello Records, and the 2015 memoir A Life…Well, Lived.
Ray Xu
Ray Xu (徐睿, Xu Rui) is a Chinese investor who founded Aeon Management, a Shanghai-based fund, after working at Hillhouse Capital and Perseverance Asset Management.
Ray Young Bear
Ray Young Bear, born 1950, is a Meskwaki poet, novelist, and performer who writes in English and Meskwaki and lives on the Meskwaki Settlement near Tama, Iowa.
Ray-Ban
Ray-Ban is an eyewear brand founded in 1937 by Bausch & Lomb, best known for the Aviator and Wayfarer sunglasses and, since 2021, for smart glasses made with Meta.
Ray-Ban Meta
Ray-Ban Meta is a line of smart glasses from Meta Platforms and EssilorLuxottica, launched in 2023 with a 12 MP camera, speakers, and the Meta AI voice assistant.
Ray-Ban Wayfarer
Ray-Ban Wayfarer: plastic sunglasses designed by Raymond Stegeman for Bausch & Lomb in 1952. Acetate RB2140 Original and nylon RB2132 New Wayfarer differ in lens depth; also the base of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
Ray-Ray McCloud
Ray-Ray McCloud III (born 1995) is an NFL wide receiver and return specialist from Clemson, drafted 187th overall by Buffalo in 2018; he led the NFL with 367 punt return yards for Pittsburgh in 2021.
RAY1225
RAY1225 is an investigational biweekly GLP-1/GIP dual receptor agonist injection by Guangdong Raynovent Biotech (Zhongsheng Pharma), in phase 3 for obesity and type 2 diabetes, with phase 2 weight loss up to 21.18% at 24 weeks.
Raya and the Last Dragon
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) is Walt Disney Animation Studios' 59th feature, directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, starring Kelly Marie Tran as Disney's first Southeast Asian princess and Awkwafina as Sisu, set in Kumandra and inspired by Southeast Asian cultures.
Raya Dunayevskaya (Рая Дунаевская)
Raya Dunayevskaya (Рая Дунаевская), 1910–1987, Russian-born Marxist theorist also known as Freddie Forest, founder of Marxist-Humanism, co-leader of the Johnson-Forest Tendency with C.L.R. James, developer of state-capitalism theory, and author of Marxism and Freedom.
Rayalaseema (రాయలసీమ)
Rayalaseema (రాయలసీమ), formerly the Ceded Districts, is a drought-prone region of south-west Andhra Pradesh comprising Anantapur, Chittoor, Kadapa, and Kurnool districts; renamed from Ceded Districts in 1928 by Gadicherla Harisarvothama Rao after Krishnadevaraya.
Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project
The Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project is a coal-fired power station in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, India, owned by APGENCO with a capacity of 1,650 MW.
Rayan Aït-Nouri
Rayan Aït-Nouri, French-born Algeria left-back born 2001 in Montreuil; Angers SCO youth product, 157 Wolves appearances 2020–2025, Manchester City signing June 2025 on a five-year deal for a reported £31m, Algeria international since 2023.
Rayan Cherki
Rayan Cherki (Mathis Rayan Cherki), French attacking midfielder born 2003, Lyon academy product and youngest Lyon scorer, joined Manchester City in June 2025 for a reported €31.4m; 18 France caps, 3 goals.
Rayan Elloumi
Rayan Elloumi (born 2007, St. Albert, Alberta) is a Tunisian forward for Vancouver Whitecaps FC, a 2025 Homegrown signing who scored on his home debut and represents Tunisia, including at the 2026 World Cup. Not the Bournemouth/Vasco winger Rayan.
Rayan Fofana
Rayan Fofana, born 2006 in Paris, is a French forward from RC Lens's academy, on loan at Le Havre AC for 2026/27; France U21 debut brace, later capped officially by Côte d'Ivoire.