CS 6620 - Fall 2017 - Ray Tracing for Graphics

Project 4 - Reflections and Refractions

Kevin Parker

Final image

Work-in-progress images

Before any modifications made

Reflections first working, no refractions

Refractions attempted but had a bunch of negative signs messed up

Slightly fewer negative signs messed up, but a cool-looking image

Simple refractions finally working

Fresnel reflections now approximated

Absorption now included

Timing

224ms render time on 8 threads for the final scene.

Machine Specs

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)

2.7 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 Skylake (6820HQ)

16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 RAM