Raytracing, on the weekend (credits to raytracing.github.io/books/RayTra...) #raytracer
In my last post, I presented all the primitive shapes I have at my disposal for my C++ #raytracer.
I now used them to create the first object. Here I show them with and without material/textures
🌍☀️ More experiments with my C++ #raytracer & #renderer.
Spheres now support color textures. A solar system scene felt like the perfect demo. (Nothing to scale.)
It might not be the most complex scene for a renderer, but it's great for testing textures and motion.
Made a post about building a basic raytracer in C++
a-voronov.github.io/blog/2025/ba...
#computergraphics #cpp #raytracer
I've written a lot of ray tracers over the years in a lot of different languages. My dumbest was when I wrote a ray tracer that ran in the C++ compiler using template metaprogramming. It took nearly 30 minutes to compile. #Raytracer #DumbCodingStunt
github.com/JimGage/Meta...
Hmm, Google taking a page from @eff's book and adding Raytracer to Android. Fancy!
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/future-a...
#android #raytracer
Three of my raytraced spheres, with significantly more natural looking shadows. The sphere on the left is a grey metal, the sphere in the middle is a matte blue, and the sphere on the right is a yellow/bronze metal. The ground is somewhere between lime green and yellow.
The same image as before, but with normals used to shade the spheres. There are no shadows, and everything is a gradient, based off of distance.
The amazing strategy of "rewriting the entire thing from scratch and hoping it's better the next time around" fixed a weird bug with my shadows for the #zig #raytracer. I also made normal shading toggleable! (the setting is hardcoded but a single variable […]
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A Total by Verizon sim card kit.
If you built a Raytracer with a used Orbic, you can get a SIM card for a buck from Total by Verizon and have control over its use. The pcaps are more complete if you have an active sim card. #privacy #raytracer
Decided 2 see if my #raytracer still compiles&runs on #Amiga.Don't have working Amiga anymore so had 2 use emulator.Had 2 tweak things-added a few more #ifdef AMIGA, broke up a few source files into small ones due 2 compiler limitation.Now Peter_Shirley's scene #pathtraced on an Amiga. #programming
Please join me in wishing a belated (Feb 13th) very happy birthday to Donal Gibson!🎂 Donal provided the voice for Ray Tracer🏄, the second generation search engine who helped #EnzoMatrix enter the Web to search for #GuardianBob in #ReBootSeason3. #ReBoot #DonalGibson #RayTracer
3D map of Valle d'Aosta, Italy, showing rivers on a brown, textured terrain with the Italian flag and text 'Valle d’Aosta - River network.
Day 18 (3D) for the #30DayMapChallenge 2024. One of my favourite places to visit is #Aosta Valley, Northern #Italy.
Inspiration for this map comes from @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social 3D rivers and elevation #tutorial. First time using the #raytracer package in #R Studio and pleasantly surprised. 🧪🗺️
Tiny Ray Tracer Fits In 64 Bytes via @hackaday hackaday.com/2018/11/21/tiny-ray-trac... #asm #raytracer #64bytes
A ray tracer in 128 characters www.alexkras.com/reverse-engineering-one-... #javascript #raytracer