https://github.com/tmcw/literate-raytracer

a literate raytracer in javascript
https://github.com/tmcw/literate-raytracer

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a literate raytracer in javascript

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tmcw/literate-raytracer
• Owner: tmcw
• Created: 2013-10-09T01:28:49.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: gh-pages
• Last Pushed: 2020-09-20T21:30:32.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T12:29:13.693Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: explanation, toy-raytracer
• Language: HTML
• Homepage: https://tmcw.github.io/literate-raytracer/
• Size: 533 KB
• Stars: 198
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 19
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# literate-raytracer

This is a literate [raytracer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_tracing_(graphics)),

written in Javascript. The [demo, code listing, and explanation](http://macwright.org/literate-raytracer/)

are all one part: you can understand the implementation by reading it in combination

with literate-style code comments.

This is intended as a learning platform for those trying to connect the mathematical

and engineering explanations of raytracing and understand the behavior of the algorithm

well enough to do interesting things.

## Helping

Submit a normal pull request with more docs or clarified code! To rebuild the literate pages:

    npm install

    npm run-script doc

## Reading

* [Ray Tracing: Graphics for the Masses](http://www.cs.unc.edu/~rademach/xroads-RT/RTarticle.html)

## Other Raytracers

* [bwiklund/js1k-love-raytracer](https://github.com/bwiklund/js1k-love-raytracer).

* [toy raytracer in python](http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/10/29/toy-raytracer-in-python)

* [toy raytracer in python ported to coffeescript still no comments](https://github.com/agend07/coffee_raytracer)

This code and accompanying text is released under CC0, or Public Domain where

applicable.