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

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.