CS547 Advanced Computer Graphics
Ray Tracing (Default) Assignment

• The default assignment is implementation of a ray tracer.
• For a pass level assignment the recursive ray tracer must:
  • be recursive,
  • handle reflected rays (but not refracted rays)
  • support spheres as with Phong illumination
  • handle shadows
• Higher marks can be gained by extending the assignment by:
  • supporting other primitives (e.g. polygons, quadrics),
  • implementing shadow ray caching
  • implementing acceleration techniques via spatial data structures,
  • implementing more sophisticated shading models,
  • adding texture mapping
• The suggested first acceleration technique is a uniform grid. Other possibilities are k-d trees, oct-trees and bounding volume hierarchies.
• The ray tracer should be written in C++ and may use the Standard Template Library (STL).