Work Log by Kevin Beason

Finally releasing a little project I’ve been working on. A small project, although I spent an insane amount of time tweaking it. My hope is that it can serve as a concise reference to anyone wondering what’s involved in a basic global illumination renderer. Honestly, since I don’t explain the concepts or the shortcuts used, and the code is ugly in some places, I don’t know how valuable it will be to a someone just entering the field. A basic renderer can be kicked out in less than a day, perhaps a concrete working example like this can fill in any missing details for someone just starting off.

smallpt: Global Illumination in 99 lines of C++