Zeus Ray Tracer ⚡

Zeus is a ray tracer developed on top of the lightwave framework as the final project for the Computer Graphics course at Saarland University during the winter semester of 2023/2024 by Arseny Dremin and Dhimitrios Duka.

Final submission

Key Features

Cameras 📷

• Perspective
• Thin lens

Integrators ➕

• Albedo
• Direct
• Normal
• Path

Material and Lighting Models 🧊

• BSDF Models
  • Conductor
  • Dielectric
  • Diffuse
  • Principled
  • Rough conductor
• Lambertian Emission

Lighting 💡

• Area
• Directional
• Point
• Spot
• Environment

Supported Shapes 🏀

• Spheres
• Rectangles
• Generic meshes

Volumetric Rendering ☁️

• Heterogeneous
• Homogeneous

Samplers ✅

• Independent
• Halton

Post Processing ⚙️

• Image Denoising
• Tone Mapping
• Bloom
• Overlay

Rendering Techniques 👨‍💻

• Signed Distance Fields
• Shading Normals
• Alpha Masking

Acceleration Structure 🚀

• Binding Volume Hierarchy with Surface Area Heuristic