https://petretiberiu.dev/tags/unity/Recent content in Unity on Tiberiu Petre - Software EngineerHugoen-usFri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://petretiberiu.dev/posts/ray-tracer-compute-shaders/Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://petretiberiu.dev/posts/ray-tracer-compute-shaders/<blockquote> <p>Originally published on <a href="https://medium.com/@tiberiu.petre/developing-a-ray-tracer-using-compute-shaders-4b1db8fdb402">Medium</a>, January 2022. Republished here with light edits — the original project&rsquo;s source code no longer exists, only this write-up survived, so the code snippets below are described rather than shown.</p> </blockquote> <p>A ray-tracer is a rendering method that simulates light reflections, refractions and shadows. It follows a light path from a specific source and computes each pixel in the image to simulate the effect of the light.</p> <p><img alt="Unity ray tracing image rendered with compute shaders." loading="lazy" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*kQl_ZtKoJaHyKCknYUidwA.png"></p>