| Directory > Computers > Software > Graphics > 3D > Ray Tracing Realtime Raytracing Maillist
Discuss programming techniques, algorithms and productions related to realtime raytracing, both
software or hardware based.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/realtime_raytracing/
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Kray
Freeware raytracer with subsurface scattering, global illumination and many other features. Product
details, downloads, gallery, and tutorial using the software.
http://fenix.artur.info/kray/
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Ray tracing in Wikipedia
A overview non technical article on ray tracing also covering some history of the subject.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_tracing
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FAQ for realtime raytracing
The FAQ about speed optimization for raytracing for use in realtime raytracing.
http://www.acm.org/tog/resources/RTNews/demos/rtrt_faq.txt
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YafRay: Yet Another Free RAYtracer
A free raytracing program. News, information, forum and downloads for Windows, MacOSX and Linux.
http://www.coala.uniovi.es/~jandro/noname/
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Tachyon Parallel / Multiprocessor Ray Tracing System
A ray tracer distributed as C source, supporting almost every Unix version, Windows NT and Mac OSX.
http://jedi.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/raytracer/
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GRT Raytracer
Raytracing system written in Common Lisp. It trys to become good classical raytracer: reasonably
efficient, with a good selection of primitives, advanced texturing capabilities, animation support,
and probably integration of the scripting environment with some GUI tools.
http://www.nongnu.org/grt/
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Chuck's Ray Tracing Software
Personal page with links to programs for modeling, Ray tracing, converting, and animating. Plus
models for various ray tracers. Windows, MacOS and Unix.
http://chuckr.bravepages.com/raytrac3.htm
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Ray Tracing Tutorial
A tutorial with source code in C++. Code for Mac OS X, Windows and SDL.
http://www.2tothex.com/raytracing/
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The Rearview Rendering Engine
A game engine aiming towards three dimensional computer graphics which fits both human perception
and the shape of the real world better than common polygon engines do. Linux.
http://rearview.sourceforge.net/
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VRay
Advanced raytracing system, supports subsurface scattering, all the standard 3D Studio MAX
materials, environments and atmospheres filters. Demo version for download.
http://www.vrayrender.com/
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Raytracing-FAQ
Home of the comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing-faq with a online version.
http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/rayfaq/
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Laurens Lapre's Webpages
Home of the Lparser, the program reads a Lsystem description and processes it into a 3d form which
can then be outputted in several formats, including VRML, DXF and POV.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/laurens.lapre/
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The Recursive Ray Tracing Algorithm
Explains how the basic ray tracing algorithm with reflection, transparency and shadows works.
http://www.geocities.com/jamisbuck/raytracing.html
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Ray Tracing Introduction from SIGGRAPH
A basic introduction to building a ray tracer, with some pointers to more advanced subjects at the
end.
http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/raytrace/rtrace0.htm
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Bagisas
A GUI the YAFRAY raytracer writen in Python. Downloads, screenshots and FAQ. Availble for Linux
and Windows.
http://www.fen-net.de/wolfram.kraus/Bagisas.html
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Flamingo
Plug-in for Rhino, uses both raytracing and radiosity to create single-frame images and animations.
Product description, gallery, training, evaluation download, and purchasing. For Windows.
http://www.flamingo3d.com/
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Realistic Image Synthesis Engine
R.I.S.E. is an open source global illumination renderer for producing physically and biologically
based photo realistic images. Product specifications, gallery, documentation, and downloads.
[Windows, Linux, SunOS, Irix 6.5, Sun Solaris]
http://rise.sourceforge.net/
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Java Ray Tracer
Java ray tracing engine distributed under the GNU Public License. Images, screenshots, download,
and feature list.
http://wave.prohosting.com/j3d/
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Rayshade
An extensible system for creating ray-traced images. It is written in C, yacc, and lex, and runs on
Unix, AmigaOS, OS/2, DOS and Older MacOS.
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~cek/rayshade/
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vlib
An open source volume modeling and rendering library for unix. The interface facilitates the
majority of significant developments in the field to date.
http://vg.swan.ac.uk/vlib/
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Realstorm
A realtime raytracing engine with downloadable benchmark, screenshots and information. Windows
95/98/me/2000.
http://www.realstorm.com/
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Ray Tracing News Guide
Lots of information on ray tracing. Updated once or twice a year.
http://www.acm.org/tog/resources/RTNews/html/
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CoolRay
Open Source Raytracer with a scene description language that provides constructs for programming
like loops and functions. Its written in C++ and runs on Windows and Linux/Unix.
http://www.coolray.org/
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FuzzyPhoton - The Raytracing Repository
Information about raytracing in general, with a how-to section and an A-Z reference. Technical
articles and a gallery of images renderd with the VRWorld4 raytracer developed by the author, and
humour.
http://fuzzyphoton.tripod.com/
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RayTraccio
A Java ray-tracer running as a applet that wants to be simple and clean but nonetheless has some
advanced features.
http://www.lapo.it/RayTraccio.html
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Brassman's Modeller And Animation Links
Links to modelling and animation utilities, many for POV-ray on Windows and Unix.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jeffab/links/modellinks.html
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RayChase
Fast raytracer that will render random images and display them on the desktop. Tested on KDE,
Gnome, WindowMaker, and Enlightenment. One can also write the output to an image file (to
interactively updating web pages for example). Versions exist for FreeBSD and Linux.
http://cluclo.sourceforge.net/raychase/
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Light in C++
A C++ class library available as source code implementing a physically correct renderer. Working on
Unix and Windows.
http://www.photon.at/~werner/light/
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Raytressi
Ray tracing library written in c++ with python bindings. Source code, documentation, galleries,
tutorials available. Binaries for Windows, seems to be portable to Unix platforms.
http://raytressi.free.fr/
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Introduction to Ray Tracing
The introduce of ray tracing. Also known as ray casting, determines the visibility of surfaces by
tracing imaginary rays of light from the viewer's eye to the objects in the scene.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/multimedia/nsfmmedia/cware/graphics/notes/vsdet/vsray/vsray00.html
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Radiance
A raytracer trying to aid lighting designers and architects by predicting the light levels and
appearance of a space prior to construction. It uses a hybrid approach of Monte Carlo and
deterministic ray tracing. Available for Unix.
http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/HOME.html
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Lightflow Rendering Interface
An object oriented library with API in C++ and Python for synthetic rendering, which provides a
common environment and description language to treat light distribution in three dimensional
spaces. Available for Linux and Windows.
http://www.lightflowtech.com/
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Renderpark
Test bed system for physically based photo-realistic image synthesis, mostly radiosity based. Unix
based.
http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/cwis/research/graphics/RENDERPARK/
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YASRT Raytracer
A simple raytracer in development, it supports the basic features of a raytracer along with
multi-threading. Many platforms are supported (Win32, Linux, iPAQ etc.).
http://www.yasrt.org/
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Internet Raytracing Competition
Regular awards for best raytraced still images and animations submitted by the public. Site
includes most recent winners, voting on the current round, and the topic and rules for submitting
to the next round.
http://www.irtc.org/
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ACM Crossroads: Ray Tracing
Article on Ray Tracing in the student magazine of the ACM.
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-4/raytracing.html
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