geon/gloss

A bidirectional path tracer written in C.

Gloss

A bidirectional path tracer written in object oriented C.

Blog Posts

• Gloss - My Bidirectional Path Tracer
• Object Oriented C
• Restructured Code And Glossy Reflections
• Generating Tangents From A Normal

TODO

• Materials
  • Seems I had misunderstood diffuse relfection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_reflection The BRDF function is correct, dot(normal, lightDir) But the importance sampling whould prioritize the normal of the surface, and drop to 0 at the tangent, just like the BRDF.
  • Fresnel term
  • Texturing
    • Procedural
    • Bitmapped
  • Refraction
    • Dispersion
  • "Directionality" of emitted light
• Recursive geometry - fractals
• Better camera model
  • Depth Of Field
  • Lens flare / bloom
  • Tone mapping