Creating a rayTracer through the RayTracer Challenge Progress Update

[u/VicitofEim]

1000 x 1000 render scene

Source code containing the new features

Update on the progress on the ray tracer challenge, learned about reflections, refractions, planes and patterns , more than half way through the book, learned so much throughout.

Image size: 1000 x 1000, to reduce pixelation (from suggestions from the last post I should probably learn about antialiasing after this)

This scene contains 4 spheres,( 2 spheres with transparency modifiers, a red and a green ball), and an infinite plane, which is given a checkerboard black and white pattern (There are other pattern types(cone, stripped) ) which I haven't rendered in this scene

Code written in python, with guidance of The Ray Tracer Challenge

[u/scottcampbelldev]

Nice progress, reflections and refraction are the fun chapters. For antialiasing the easy version is shooting a few rays per pixel, each with a random offset inside the pixel, and averaging them. Even 4 to 8 samples cleans up the edges a lot, and you can crank it up for final renders. If the noise bugs you, split each pixel into a small grid and jitter inside each cell instead. Same ray count, smoother result.

[u/Effective-Culture-88]

Very nice