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CUDA Accelerated Ray Tracer

Overview

The CUDA Accelerated Ray Tracer is a high-performance graphics rendering engine that leverages CUDA to accelerate the ray tracing process. This project features a variety of primitive shapes including spheres, cylinders, cones, planes, and triangles, making it highly versatile for scene composition.

Features

  • Basic Illumination Model: Simple yet powerful lighting with adjustable specular values.
  • Shape Variety: Spheres, cylinders, cones, planes, and triangles are all supported.
  • Texture Support: Checkerboard texturing available for all shapes.
  • Color Customization: Full RGB spectrum support for object and scene coloring.
  • In Progress: Mirror reflection support for enhanced realism.

Tech Stack

  • C/C++
  • CUDA

Installation and Usage

  1. Clone the repository: 
    git clone https://github.com/yourusername/CudaAcceleratedRayTracer.git
  2. Navigate to the project directory: 
    cd CudaAcceleratedRayTracer
  3. Compile the project: 
    make
  4. Run the executable: 
    ./raytracer

Sample Output Gallery

Image 1 Image 2

Future Plans

  • Implement mirror reflection support on the GPU by converting recursive function into a loop.
  • Add more texture options and material types.

Contributions

Feel free to fork this project, open a pull request, or submit issues to contribute!

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.