ray_tracing

This repository demonstrates ray tracing implemented in python using CUDA and the JIT compiler of numba. The following scene takes less than 1 ms to render after the code is compiled (using an Nvidia Quadro P1000)

CUDA Toolkit installation

A compatible installation of the CUDA toolkit is required.

Download from: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Usage

• main.py will produce a PNG image in the /output/ folder.
• (...) defining a scene (at the moment can be done using the Scene class. Check out scene.py)

Feature to-do list

• more robust way of defining materials and shader settings
• refractions
• scatter
• anti aliasing
• cuda - open gl interop real-time display
• gui for scene management