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Ray Tracing

Implements ray tracing software, fully written in C++

This project implements ray tracing software in C++ following the book, Ray Tracing in One Weekend, by Peter Shirley, Trevor David Black, and Steve Hollasch.

To run the ray tracer with default settings, follow the installation.

Requires a C++ compiler, version 11 or higher

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/keenemeck/ray-tracing.git

2. Change into the ray-tracing directory

   cd ray-tracing

3. Compile and run the program

   g++ -I include -std=c++11 cpp/*.cpp -o ../driver && .././driver > image.ppm

To change the scene presented and camera settings, open the driver.cpp file located in /cpp, and change the camera settings to those desired.

The output will be written to image.ppm, in the repo's root directory.

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

• Ray Tracing in One Weekend