Java Ray Tracer

This is my implementation of a Ray rayTracer built from scratch in Java. Below are a list of the objects it can currently render, a list of its current features, and a list of the features that are in the works.

Here is a sample image the current version rendered:

How to run

Run:

mvn clean package

Then execute demo.java and take a look at images/tmp.

Currently Supported Shapes

• Spheres
• Planes
• Triangles
• Arbitrary Polygons Meshes

Implemented Features

• Anti-aliasing
• Shadows
• Diffuse, Specular, and Ambient lighting (Phong model)
• Reflections
• Linear transformations of objects
• Multi-threaded rendering
• Octree bounding hierarchical volume acceleration structure

Developing Features

• Custom textures
• Dynamic/soft shadows (sample randomly-distributed rays to determine shading)
• Global illumination
• Refractions
• Reading standard polygon mesh file formats
• Optimizations (reducing # ray-triangle intersection tests)