This is a raytracing library that is focused on speed and interactive rendering. It uses multiple threads to render parts of an image in parallel.

I started this project in my spare time in order to refresh my C++ skills and learn about the Google Test framework. Turns out you CAN write tests in C++ :-)

To compile, you need ruby and rake. You also need a development version of Qt4 installed on your system. I recommend MacPorts for that.

To compile, simply type:

rake

You might have to adjust some variables to make things work on your system.

A couple of examples will be compiled. The most important one is

examples/SceneBrowser/SceneBrowser

• Templatized library
• Pluggable cameras:
  • Pinhole camera
  • Orthographic camera
  • Spherical camera
  • Fish eye camera
• Pluggable materials
  • Matte
  • Phong
  • Reflective
  • Transparent
  • Portal (like in the game)
• Pluggable view planes for different interactive experiences (mostly for fun)
• Pluggable shapes
  • Sphere, Box, Plane, Disk, Rectangle, Triangle, Mesh
• Shape compositions
  • Composition, Union, Intersection, Difference, Instancing
• Support for the PLY mesh format
• SSE3 optimizations

• Fork
• Use the coding style
• Write code
• Write tests
• Send me a pull request