Vanille-N / ray_tracer

A path tracer written in Rust

Ray Tracer

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Components

pytrace

pytrace_core

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Direct dependencies

rand

threadpool

glob

ctrlc

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A Rust library for ray path tracing and image generation

Contents

• libtrace contains most of the path tracing logic.
• rstrace is a standalone .rs file that gives access to the internal library. It can be used to generate scenes.
• pytrace provides an interface with Python, and creates a shared library that can be imported.
• data groups a few images usable as sky textures
• img is a collection of images that either rstrace or pytrace are able to generate.
• misc contains a cheatsheet on how to properly orient molecule links.

For more informations, refer to the README in each subdirectories.

Side note

An interesting corollary of having access to an accurate dielectic material and being able to create intersections is that I can simulate the behavior of a lens built from the intersection of two dielectric spheres.

Below is an animation that demonstrates how an object seen through a converging lens can be upside down. Remember that the ray tracer has no knowledge of what a lens is, all it does is calculate the path that individual light rays follow.