A simple ray tracing engine written in Python, based on the concepts and techniques from the book Ray Tracing in One Weekend by Peter Shirley.
- Ray-sphere intersection implementation
- Support for basic materials: Lambertian (diffuse) and metallic surfaces (with fuzz)
- Basic anti-aliasing using jittered supersampling
- Lightweight graphical user interface allowing the rendering of up to three spheres, with adjustable materials and RGB color settings
To run this project, you need Python standard libraries (usually pre-installed with Python ≥ 3.8). No external pip packages are required. Tested with Python 3.10+ on Windows and macOS. If you want to convert the output PPM image to PNG on Windows, make sure ImageMagick is installed and added to your system path.
All files are commented line by line in Italian, as the project was created for academic purposes and intended for a code presentation.
git clone https://github.com/frapanico/python-raytracer.git
cd python-raytracer