0.1.0

Added

• Core Ray Tracing Engine

  • Real-time ray tracing with reflection support
  • Configurable recursion depth for ray bounces
  • Anti-aliasing with customizable sample count

• Geometry Support

  • Sphere primitives with radius and positioning
  • Infinite plane primitives with normal vectors
  • Cube primitives with rotation support
  • Pyramid primitives with configurable base and height
  • Optimized ray-triangle intersection using Möller-Trumbore algorithm

• Lighting System

  • Point light sources with position, color, and intensity
  • Realistic shadow casting
  • Soft shadows using area light approximation with multiple samples

• Material System

  • Physically-based rendering (PBR) with metallic/roughness workflow
  • Pre-configured material presets: plastic, metal, gold
  • Cook-Torrance BRDF implementation for accurate material response
  • Customizable albedo colors for all materials

• Performance Optimizations

  • Multi-threaded rendering using Rayon for CPU parallelization
  • Chunk-based processing for efficient memory usage
  • Fast vector mathematics powered by Glam crate

• Configuration & I/O

  • TOML-based scene configuration files
  • Human-readable scene format with camera, objects, and lights
  • High-resolution PNG export support
  • Flexible camera controls (position, direction, field-of-view)

• Cross-Platform Support

  • Native builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux
  • Rust 2024 Edition with modern language features

Technical Implementation

• Dependencies

  • glam 0.30.6 - High-performance vector mathematics
  • rayon 1.11.0 - Data parallelism for rendering
  • image 0.25.8 - PNG image export
  • serde 1.0.225 - Configuration serialization
  • toml 0.9.6 - TOML configuration parsing
  • fastrand 2.3.0 - Fast random number generation

• Architecture

  • Modular design with separate geometry, lighting, and material systems
  • Trait-based primitive system for extensible geometry types
  • Error handling with custom RaystError type
  • Clean separation of concerns between rendering and scene management

Documentation

• Complete README with usage examples and feature overview
• Example scene configuration demonstrating all supported features
• Cross-platform build and usage instructions
• Learning objectives documentation for Rust language features