mini-raytracer

Ray tracing calculates the intersection of rays (essentially lines) with scene geometry.

Motivation

I took interest in my year 2 IAC module, and this inspired me to design and write a fundamental part of a CPU or GPU. I deduced that writing a raytracer would ultimately benefit me as:

• I would develop my use of C++ and Linux
• I could use my knowledge of linear algebra and vectors in a ray/path tracing context
• this would challenge me (and allow me to get creative)

Project aims

• Improve my knowledge of C++
• Understand the methods used in path/raytracing
• Eventually make it real-time, using CUDA and OpenGL OR an FPGA.

Usage

Go into the project folder and run these three commands:

cmake --build build
.\build\simple_implement.exe
Start-Process image.ppm