Ray Tracer
A CPU-based ray tracing engine built from scratch, supporting recursive reflections, Blinn-Phong lighting, shadows, and multiple geometric primitives.
Key Points
- →Implemented a full ray tracing pipeline with primary rays, shadow rays, and recursive reflection rays
- →Supported multiple geometric primitives including spheres, planes, boxes, and infinite cylinders
- →Added Blinn-Phong illumination with ambient, diffuse, and specular shading
- →Blended reflective materials with Blinn-Phong lighting for realistic mirror-like surfaces
- →Implemented hard shadows with accurate occlusion testing
- →Accelerated rendering using multithreaded CPU ray tracing
- →Developed as part of CSCE 441 - Computer Graphics at Texas A&M University