A simple raytracing engine made by following this guide.
WIP: I extend on this further by implementing multi-threading + CUDA optimisations, and then use a micro-benchmarking tool to compare performance between single thread CPU, multi thread CPU, and multi thread GPU for basic graphics tasks.
For more details about my current progress, how I have optimized the render times compared to the original guide, and other implmenetation features of the project, please consult the wiki.
To compile, run the following commands in the root directory:
cmake -B build
cmake --build build
Then pipe the resultant main object file in the build directory to an image file:
cd build
./main > image.ppm
Currently has support to render images using multi-core and single-core CPU. Eventually will add support for a simple script to generate images without recompilation of the program using a basic config file style syntax. Currently working on using the GPU to reduce render times.
