https://ali-rj.pages.dev/tags/ray-tracing/Recent content in Ray Tracing on Jar of LightHugo -- 0.155.0en-usFri, 04 Apr 2025 15:40:08 +0330https://ali-rj.pages.dev/posts/noora-ray-tracer/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:40:08 +0330https://ali-rj.pages.dev/posts/noora-ray-tracer/<p>Noora is a ray tracer began as a deep dive into the algorithms that bring virtual scenes to life. Starting with Peter Shirley&rsquo;s accessible guides, I built a functional Monte Carlo path tracer—an offline renderer that simulates complex lighting effects like caustics and diffuse inter-reflection by tracing the path of light through a scene.</p> <p>Currently, it is an offline renderer capable of producing images with global illumination, soft shadows, and realistic materials, but I am developing a GPU-accelerated, real-time version to explore the performance and algorithmic trade-offs between offline and interactive rendering.</p>