README.md

path-tracer

Implementation of a path tracer in Rust

Features

• Render pipeline:
  • Shapes
    • Sphere
    • Triangle
    • World (collection of shapes)
  • Materials
    • Lighting
    • Transparency
    • Metals
    • Glass
    • Lambertians
    • Dielectrics
  • Camera
    • FOV
    • Focal length
    • Position
• Image:
  • In-memory buffer of canvas data
  • Utility methods to iterate over each (x, y) pixel
  • Buffered write of pixel data, reaching ≈11k pixels-per-millisecond (p/ms) on M1 Max
• Scene
  • Save scene to file
  • Load scene from file
  • Scene data
    • Render settings
    • Image resolution
    • Camera position
    • Object placement