Rt - A simple raytracer in C++/Python

This project is from 2003 and hasn't been maintained. Enjoy for what it's worth!

Features

• Standard Whitted style raytracer
• Light sources: ambient, point, directional, spotlight
• Phong lighting model
• Reflections
• Refractions (aka transmission or transparency)
• Primitives: plane, sphere, box
• Texture coordinate generation (planar, spherical)

Unfinished Features

• Python as SDL (scene description language)
• Render farm using Python
• Integrated previewer using PyGame

High-level Tasklist

• Advanced materials using maps (reflection map, gloss map, diffuse map, etc)
• Triangle and triangle meshes
• Bounding box hierarchy
• Colored shadows via transparent surfaces

Tools To Implement

• OpenGL scene composer
• Material editor
• Converter from POV