mjanas / raytracer

Raytracer built using C++

Raytracer

This raytracer is built using Visual Studio 2017 and C++. Based on a raytracer I made for CS 419 at the University of Illinois, with a focus on readibility and good design.

References

• Kevin Suffern's Ray Tracing from the Ground Up
• Scratch-a-pixel's online tutorials
• CImg Library

Features

Geometry

• Spheres
• Planes
• Triangles
• Triangle meshes (.obj files)

Shading

• Diffuse shading
• Specular shading
• Simple reflections

Lights

• Point lights

Transformations

• Rotation
• Scale
• Translation

Testing

The folder RayTracerTests contains unit tests for the following classes:

• GeometricObject (Sphere, Plane, Triangle)
• Ray
• Vector3