Rust Ray Tracer

A simple ray tracer implemented in Rust, based on the "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" book by Peter Shirley.

Features

• Ray-sphere intersection
• Lambertian (diffuse) and metal materials
• Antialiasing
• Depth of field
• Multithreaded rendering

Requirements

• Rust (latest stable version recommended)
• Cargo (Rust's package manager)

Building and Running

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [email protected]:kayareyouokay/raytracer.git
   cd raytracer

2. Build the project:

   cargo build --release

3. Run the ray tracer:

   cargo run --release

   The output will be saved as output.png in the project directory.

Controls

• The scene is predefined in main.rs
• You can modify the scene by editing the main function in src/main.rs
• Adjust image quality by changing SAMPLES_PER_PIXEL and MAX_DEPTH constants

Output

The ray tracer will generate an image file named output.png in the project directory. The image will show a simple scene with several spheres on a large ground plane.

Learning Resources

• Ray Tracing in One Weekend
• The Rust Programming Language Book