JuliaGeometry · SimonDanisch · Oct 29, 2025 · Oct 21, 2025 · Oct 22, 2025 · Oct 22, 2025
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ jobs:
           arch: x64
       - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
       - name: Install pkgs dependencies
-        run: julia --project=@. -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.test("RayCaster", coverage=true)'
+        run: julia --project=@. -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.test("Raycore", coverage=true)'
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ node_modules
 docs/build
 
 Manifest*.toml
+.*-bbook/
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,39 @@
-name = "RayCaster"
+name = "Raycore"
 uuid = "afc56b53-c9a9-482a-a956-d1d800e05559"
-authors = ["Anton Smirnov <tonysmn97@gmail.com>", "Simon Danisch <sdanisch@protonmail.com"]
 version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Anton Smirnov <tonysmn97@gmail.com>", "Simon Danisch <sdanisch@protonmail.com"]
 
 [deps]
-Atomix = "a9b6321e-bd34-4604-b9c9-b65b8de01458"
 GeometryBasics = "5c1252a2-5f33-56bf-86c9-59e7332b4326"
 KernelAbstractions = "63c18a36-062a-441e-b654-da1e3ab1ce7c"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
-RandomNumbers = "e6cf234a-135c-5ec9-84dd-332b85af5143"
 StaticArrays = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182"
 Statistics = "10745b16-79ce-11e8-11f9-7d13ad32a3b2"
 
+[weakdeps]
+Makie = "ee78f7c6-11fb-53f2-987a-cfe4a2b5a57a"
+
+[extensions]
+RaycoreMakieExt = "Makie"
+
 [compat]
+julia = "1.10"
 GeometryBasics = "0.5"
-RandomNumbers = "1"
+KernelAbstractions = "0.9"
+LinearAlgebra = "1"
+Random = "1"
 StaticArrays = "1.9.7"
 Statistics = "1"
+Makie = "0.24"
+Aqua = "0.8"
+JET = "0.11"
+Test = "1"
+
+[extras]
+JET = "c3a54625-cd67-489e-a8e7-0a5a0ff4e31b"
+Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
+Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
+
+[targets]
+test = ["Test", "JET", "Aqua"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,42 +1,63 @@
-# RayCaster.jl
+# Raycore.jl
 
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/JuliaGeometry/RayCaster.jl/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/JuliaGeometry/RayCaster.jl/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
-[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://juliageometry.github.io/RayCaster.jl/stable/)
-[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue.svg)](https://juliageometry.github.io/RayCaster.jl/dev/)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/JuliaGeometry/Raycore.jl/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/JuliaGeometry/Raycore.jl/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://juliageometry.github.io/Raycore.jl/stable/)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue.svg)](https://juliageometry.github.io/Raycore.jl/dev/)
 
-Performant ray intersection engine for CPU and GPU.
+High-performance ray-triangle intersection engine with BVH acceleration for CPU and GPU.
 
-## Getting Started
+## Features
+
+- **Fast BVH acceleration** for ray-triangle intersection
+- **CPU and GPU support** via KernelAbstractions.jl
+- **Analysis tools**: centroid calculation, illumination analysis, view factors for radiosity
+- **Makie integration** for visualization
 
-To get started with RayCaster.jl, first add the package to your Julia environment:
+## Getting Started
 
 ```julia
 using Pkg
-Pkg.add(url="https://github.com/JuliaGeometry/RayCaster.jl")
+Pkg.add(url="https://github.com/JuliaGeometry/Raycore.jl")
 ```
 
-Then you can create a basic ray intersection scene:
+### Basic Ray Intersection
 
 ```julia
-using RayCaster, GeometryBasics, LinearAlgebra
+using Raycore, GeometryBasics, LinearAlgebra
 
-# Create some simple spheres
-function LowSphere(radius, contact=Point3f(0); ntriangles=10)
-    return Tesselation(Sphere(contact .+ Point3f(0, 0, radius), radius), ntriangles)
-end
+# Create geometry
+sphere = Tesselation(Sphere(Point3f(0, 0, 2), 1.0f0), 20)
+
+# Build BVH acceleration structure
+bvh = BVHAccel([sphere])
+
+# Cast rays and find intersections
+ray = Ray(o=Point3f(0, 0, 0), d=Vec3f(0, 0, 1))
+hit_found, triangle, distance, bary_coords = closest_hit(bvh, ray)
 
-# Build a scene with multiple objects
-s1 = LowSphere(0.5f0, Point3f(-0.5, 0.0, 0); ntriangles=10)
-s2 = LowSphere(0.3f0, Point3f(1, 0.5, 0); ntriangles=10)
+if hit_found
+    hit_point = ray.o + ray.d * distance
+    println("Hit at distance $distance: $hit_point")
+end
+```
 
-# Create BVH acceleration structure
-bvh = RayCaster.BVHAccel([s1, s2])
+### Analysis Features
 
-# Perform ray-scene intersections
+```julia
+# Calculate scene centroid from a viewing direction
 viewdir = normalize(Vec3f(0, 0, -1))
-hitpoints, centroid = RayCaster.get_centroid(bvh, viewdir)
+hitpoints, centroid = get_centroid(bvh, viewdir)
+
+# Analyze illumination
+illumination = get_illumination(bvh, viewdir)
+
+# Compute view factors for radiosity
+vf_matrix = view_factors(bvh; rays_per_triangle=1000)
 ```
 
 ## Documentation
 
-For detailed examples and API documentation, see the [full documentation](https://juliageometry.github.io/RayCaster.jl/).
+- [Full API Documentation](https://juliageometry.github.io/Raycore.jl/)
+- [Ray Tracing Tutorial](https://juliageometry.github.io/Raycore.jl/raytracing_tutorial.html) - Build a complete ray tracer from scratch
+
+![Ray tracing example](./docs/raytracing.png)
diff --git a/docs/Project.toml b/docs/Project.toml
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 [deps]
+BenchmarkTools = "6e4b80f9-dd63-53aa-95a3-0cdb28fa8baf"
 Bonito = "824d6782-a2ef-11e9-3a09-e5662e0c26f8"
+BonitoBook = "b416d416-7a6e-4336-8c1a-1f8a8cd59518"
+Colors = "5ae59095-9a9b-59fe-a467-6f913c188581"
 Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
 FileIO = "5789e2e9-d7fb-5bc7-8068-2c6fae9b9549"
 GeometryBasics = "5c1252a2-5f33-56bf-86c9-59e7332b4326"
+ImageShow = "4e3cecfd-b093-5904-9786-8bbb286a6a31"
+JET = "c3a54625-cd67-489e-a8e7-0a5a0ff4e31b"
 KernelAbstractions = "63c18a36-062a-441e-b654-da1e3ab1ce7c"
 Makie = "ee78f7c6-11fb-53f2-987a-cfe4a2b5a57a"
 MeshIO = "7269a6da-0436-5bbc-96c2-40638cbb6118"
-RayCaster = "afc56b53-c9a9-482a-a956-d1d800e05559"
+Raycore = "afc56b53-c9a9-482a-a956-d1d800e05559"
 WGLMakie = "276b4fcb-3e11-5398-bf8b-a0c2d153d008"
 
+[sources]
+BonitoBook = {url = "https://github.com/SimonDanisch/BonitoBook.jl"}
+Raycore = {path = "../"}
+
 [compat]
 Documenter = "1.5"
 FileIO = "1.16"
-
-[sources]
-RayCaster = {path = "../"}
diff --git a/docs/examples.jl b/docs/examples.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using RayCaster, GeometryBasics, LinearAlgebra
+using Raycore, GeometryBasics, LinearAlgebra
 using GLMakie, FileIO
 
 function LowSphere(radius, contact=Point3f(0); ntriangles=10)
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ begin
     l = 0.5
     floor = Rect3f(-l, -l, -0.01, 2l, 2l, 0.01)
     cat = load(Makie.assetpath("cat.obj"))
-    bvh = RayCaster.BVHAccel([s1, s2, s3, s4, cat]);
+    bvh = Raycore.BVHAccel([s1, s2, s3, s4, cat]);
     world_mesh = GeometryBasics.Mesh(bvh)
     f, ax, pl = Makie.mesh(world_mesh; color=:teal)
     center!(ax.scene)
     viewdir = normalize(ax.scene.camera.view_direction[])
 end
 
-hitpoints, centroid = RayCaster.get_centroid(bvh, viewdir)
+hitpoints, centroid = Raycore.get_centroid(bvh, viewdir)
 
 
 begin
-    @time "hitpoints" hitpoints, centroid = RayCaster.get_centroid(bvh, viewdir)
-    @time "illum" illum = RayCaster.get_illumination(bvh, viewdir)
-    @time "viewf_matrix" viewf_matrix = RayCaster.view_factors(bvh, rays_per_triangle=1000)
+    @time "hitpoints" hitpoints, centroid = Raycore.get_centroid(bvh, viewdir)
+    @time "illum" illum = Raycore.get_illumination(bvh, viewdir)
+    @time "viewf_matrix" viewf_matrix = Raycore.view_factors(bvh, rays_per_triangle=1000)
     viewfacts = map(i-> Float32(sum(view(viewf_matrix, :, i))), 1:length(bvh.primitives))
     world_mesh = GeometryBasics.Mesh(bvh)
     N = length(world_mesh.faces)
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ end
 using KernelAbstractions, Atomix
 
 function random_scatter_kernel!(bvh, triangle, u, v, normal)
-    point = RayCaster.random_triangle_point(triangle)
+    point = Raycore.random_triangle_point(triangle)
     o = point .+ (normal .* 0.01f0) # Offset so it doesn't self intersect
-    dir = RayCaster.random_hemisphere_uniform(normal, u, v)
-    ray = RayCaster.Ray(; o=o, d=dir)
-    hit, prim, _ = RayCaster.intersect!(bvh, ray)
+    dir = Raycore.random_hemisphere_uniform(normal, u, v)
+    ray = Raycore.Ray(; o=o, d=dir)
+    hit, prim, _ = Raycore.closest_hit(bvh, ray)
     return hit, prim
 end
 
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ using AMDGPU
 prim_info = map(bvh.primitives) do triangle
     n = GB.orthogonal_vector(Vec3f, GB.Triangle(triangle.vertices...))
     normal = normalize(Vec3f(n))
-    u, v = RayCaster.get_orthogonal_basis(normal)
+    u, v = Raycore.get_orthogonal_basis(normal)
     return triangle, u, v, normal
 end
-bvh_gpu = RayCaster.to_gpu(ROCArray, bvh)
+bvh_gpu = Raycore.to_gpu(ROCArray, bvh)
 result_gpu = ROCArray(result)
 prim_info_gpu = ROCArray(prim_info)
 @time begin
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ final_rays / 10^6
 prim_info = map(bvh.primitives) do triangle
     n = GB.orthogonal_vector(Vec3f, GB.Triangle(triangle.vertices...))
     normal = normalize(Vec3f(n))
-    u, v = RayCaster.get_orthogonal_basis(normal)
+    u, v = Raycore.get_orthogonal_basis(normal)
     return triangle, u, v, normal
 end
 
-bvh_gpu = RayCaster.to_gpu(ROCArray, bvh)
+bvh_gpu = Raycore.to_gpu(ROCArray, bvh)
 result_gpu = ROCArray(result)
 prim_info_gpu = ROCArray(prim_info)
 @time begin

diff --git a/docs/make.jl b/docs/make.jl
@@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
 using Documenter
-using RayCaster
+using Raycore
 using Bonito
+using BonitoBook
 
 makedocs(;
-    modules = [RayCaster],
-    sitename = "RayCaster",
+    modules = [Raycore],
+    sitename = "Raycore",
     clean = false,
-    format=Documenter.HTML(prettyurls=false, size_threshold=300000),
+    format=Documenter.HTML(;
+        prettyurls=false,
+        size_threshold=3000000,
+        example_size_threshold=3000000
+    ),
     authors = "Anton Smirnov, Simon Danisch and contributors",
     pages = [
         "Home" => "index.md",
+        "Examples" => [
+            "BVH Hit Tests" => "bvh_hit_tests.md",
+            "Ray Tracing Tutorial" => "raytracing_tutorial.md",
+            "View Factors and More" => "viewfactors.md",
+        ],
     ],
 )
 
 deploydocs(;
-    repo = "github.com/JuliaGeometry/RayCaster.jl",
+    repo = "github.com/JuliaGeometry/Raycore.jl",
     push_preview = true,
 )
diff --git a/docs/src/basics.png b/docs/src/basics.png
diff --git a/docs/src/bvh_hit_tests.md b/docs/src/bvh_hit_tests.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# BVH Hit tests
+
+```@setup raytracing
+using Bonito, BonitoBook, Raycore
+book_app = App() do
+    path = normpath(joinpath(dirname(pathof(Raycore)), "..", "docs", "src",  "bvh_hit_tests_content.md"))
+    BonitoBook.InlineBook(path)
+end
+Bonito.Page()
+```
+
+```@example raytracing
+book_app # hide
+```
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		docs/build

		Manifest*.toml
		.*-bbook/