Path, a modular raytracer for the browser.

Developers

Entities (Objects that can "live" in a scene)

Required methods

• intersect(ray)

  This method must either :

  • return false and/or null if no intersection occurs or
  • return an object containing at least the next informations :

   {
   	status: INTERSECT_OK | INTERSECT_INNER,
   	distance: <intersection distance from the camera>,
   	object: <the intersected object (you should use "this")>,
   	ray: ray (Return the input ray)
   };

• getNormal(point)

  This method must return a vector

Cameras

Required methods

• getRay(screenX, screenY)

  This method must return a new Ray() object, ready to be used by intersection methods

Renderers

Required methods

• getColorForRay(initialRay)