CPS5124-assignment-1

Source code for my CPS5124 study unit assignment.

Tasks

Task 0

• Add JSON file parsing to load scene data.
• Output a test png/jpg image.

Task 1

• Implement basic ray-tracer functions.
  • intersects function, returning the point of intersection.
  • isOccluded function, returning whether the ray hits something or not.
• Render a depth map as output of the functions.

Task 2

• Create a whitted-style ray tracer.
  • Point lights.
  • Diffuse surfaces.
  • Specular reflective.
  • Specular transmissive surfaces.
  • Pinhole camera with box linear filter.
• Implement tone mappers.
  • Sigmoid tone mapper.
  • Linear tone mapper.

Task 3

• Extend the ray tracer to support the complex effects.
  • Path tracer.
  • Lens-based camera.
  • Area Lights.
    • Soft shadows.
  • Glossy and translucent surfaces.
  • Create the following image estimators:
    • Uniform random.
    • Stratified sampling.
  • Russian Roulette.

Task 4

• Create demo scene to demonstrate progress.