First attempt on Ray Tracing with C++

This was my first attempt on producing imagery using code. Its nothing useful at the moment but it is implemented in 2012 with only one semester of programming experience.

Here is an ugly example:

Feel free to edit XML file to change world properties. All surfaces possible are listed in sample world.xml. In <light> part P stand for point light and A stands for area light.

Limitations

• Texture mapping does not work with XML config
• Only works with .bmp filetype
• Area light is actually a fake area light
  • Therefore smooth shadows only achieved through high levels of sampling values, which results in longer execution times
• Reflections and refractions does not works
• No optimizations whatsoever

Install

Execute ./run.sh [filename.bmp]

Output

The output image will appear on build folder.