week-05-ray-tracer-mini-project

A CPU ray tracer built from scratch in pure Python, following the spirit of Peter Shirley's Ray Tracing in One Weekend — organized as a professional software project.

Stack: Python · NumPy · Pillow · pytest

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Setup

pip install -r requirements.txt

Render Phase 1

python src/main.py
# Output → renders/phase1_red_sphere.png

Run Tests

pytest tests/ -v

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Project Structure

src/
  main.cpp     
  ray.h       
  vec3.h
  
renders/       — Output images (git-ignored)

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Phases

Phase	Feature
1	Red sphere, sky background
2	Surface normals, multi-sphere
3	Lambertian diffuse
4	Metal reflections
5	Dielectric glass
6	Anti-aliasing, gamma
7	Depth of field, camera control
8	BVH acceleration
9	Multithreaded rendering