Raydar v0.2.0

Raydar v0.2.0: Performance Update

Features

• Sphere and Cube primitive geometries
• Diffuse, Specular, Metal and Glass materials
• CPU backend with BVH acceleration (NEW!)
• Native GPU backend (Vulkan)
• Graphical scene editor with scrollable viewport

What's New in v0.2.0

• Added BVH (Bounding Volume Hierarchy) acceleration structure for the CPU renderer
• CPU rendering is now up to 2x faster on benchmark scenes
• Maintained compatibility with all x86_64 processors
• Further optimized ray-object intersection calculations

Installation

Download the appropriate archive for your platform and extract it. You'll find two binaries:

• raydar - Headless renderer
• raydar_editor - Scene editor
• See the README.md included in the archive for usage instructions.

Note

This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE file for details.