Objectives

1. Uniform Spatial Subdivisions (Grid Creation, WCS Axis-Aligned Bbox Transformations and Voxel Traversal)

2. Multi-processing and Analysis

3. Adaptive Anti-aliasing

4. Refraction

5. Glossy Reflections

6. Solid Texturing and Procedural Texturing using Noise

7. Texture Mapping

8. Phong Model using Vertex Normal Interpolation on Triangles

9. Area Light Support and Soft Shadows

10. Final Scene

Extra Objectives/Optimizations

11. Fresnel Reflectance

12. Voxel-Polygon Sub-Mesh Optimization

13. Shadow Ray Voxel Optimization

14. Optimal Grid Size Calculation

15. Makefile Optimized Build Settings and Discussion of All Optimizations

16. Animation using John Lasseter's principles of Animation

Manual and Technical Documentation

Proposal for 3-week Raytracer Project

Final Raytracer Manual in PDF format

 

Written by: Mike Jutan
CS 488 - Computer Graphics
University of Waterloo