miniRT is a 3D rendering engine based on the ray tracing algorithm. This project has a big focus on interactivity, you can move, rotate, and scale shapes in real-time with mouse and keyboard support. This project also supports more advanced features such as multi-threaded rendering, texture maps, reflections, anti-aliasing, and even a simple physics engine.
- Rendering of 3D shapes like spheres, cylinders and planes
- Set shape properties like height, radius, position, and orientation before rendering
- Set camera position and orientation before rendering
- Set point light position, color, and intensity before rendering
- Phong model of lighting using ambient, diffuse, and specular components
- Shadows
- Edit mode: Edit shape properties like position, orientation, scale, and color in real-time
- Camera mode: Move camera around the scene
- Light mode: Edit light properties
- Mouse controls: Move and rotate shapes around with mouse input
- Look at animation: Pan the camera to a shape with the press of a button
- Multi-threaded rendering
- Spotlights
- Patterns
- Diffuse and normal texture mapping
- Additional shapes: Cone and cube
- Reflections
- Anti Aliasing
Space to enter interactive mode
WASD or mouse drag to translate shapes
Tab or mouse click select different shapes
Arrow keys or Shift + Mouse Drag to rotate shapes
C to switch to camera mode
WASD + Arrow Keys to manipulate the camera
O to pan to an object
J for anti-aliasing
H for the rest of the controls