move shapes to extra source file
add serialize header and source file with common serialization functions
dump/load feature for shapes and kd-tree
fix few minor bugs
Bugs
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* (none known)
Future Plans
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* textures (3D procedural, pixmaps)
* generalization: Camera "shader" (ray generator), surface shader and maybe light & background shaders
* namespace
* Python binding for all classes
* stochastic oversampling
* absorbtion of refracted rays in dense materials (can be computed using shape distance and some 'absorbance' constant)
* implement efficient AABB-ray intersection using Plucker coordinates
New Classes?
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shapes.h -- Triangle, Sphere
scene.h -- Ray, Light, Camera, Scene
material.h -- Material, Texture
reader.h -- Reader, WavefrontReader
wf = new WavefrontReader()
wf.setContainer(top)
wf.setTransform(monkey_pos_matrix)
wf.read("monkey.obj")
// more transform&reads
destroy wf
Scene scene -- container with shapes, a camera and lights
scene = new Scene()
scene.setCamera(new Camera(eye, u, v, p))
scene.addLight(new PointLight(pos, color))
rt.setScene(scene)
rt.render(w,h)
constructors have zero or one parameter by default -- the object to copy data from
more parameters -- the data (ray origin and direction)