raytracer

A CPU-based raytracer made from scratch for learning

Requirements

• A compiler compatible with C++20.
• Conan Package Manager.
• Meson.
• Ninja Build System.

Building

Check out the kfr submodule.

git submodule init
git submodule update --recursive

Set your desired C and C++ compilers and linkers at utils/gen. The defaults are gcc and g++ as compilers and ld.gold as linker.

Generate the needed build files with

./utils/gen

Then, build the project.

ninja -C build/raytracer

The resulting file will be in build/raytracer/raytracer.

How to use

./build/raytracer/raytracer > image.ppm

Then, open the image.ppm file for the resulting picture.