Raytracer!

This repository contains an implementation of a raytracer based on the popular book "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" by Peter Shirley. The project is designed to provide an introduction to the concepts of ray tracing and guide you through building a simple, yet powerful, ray tracing renderer from scratch.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Dependencies
• Installation and Usage
• Acknowledgements
• License

Introduction

Ray tracing is a rendering technique used in computer graphics to generate photorealistic images by simulating the physical behavior of light. This project implements a basic raytracer that can render 3D scenes with various geometric shapes, materials, and lighting conditions.

Features

• Basic ray tracing functionality
• Support for sphere primitives
• Lambertian, metal, and dielectric materials
• Anti-aliasing
• Positionable Camera
• Defocus Blur
• Motion Blur
• Bounding Volumn Hierarchies
• Perlin Noise Texture

Dependencies

The following libraries and tools are required to build and run the project:

• C++17 compatible compiler (e.g., GCC, Clang, or MSVC)
• MacOS (Currently it does not support Windows due to bug in ppm format I/O)

Installation and Usage

To build and run the raytracer, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/mrn3088/Graphics-RayTracer.git
cd Graphics-RayTracer

2. Run Makefile to compile the project:

make

3. Run the raytracer executable:

./render.sh

This will generate a image.ppm file in the current directory, which contains the rendered image of the final scene.

Acknowledgements

• Peter Shirley for his book "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" and providing the foundation for this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.