Ray Tracing

For the fall 2025 semester, our topic of study is ray tracing, a technique for generating physically realistic computer graphics by simulating light rays bouncing around a scene. In addition to vector algebra, geometry, and even optical physics, we will also emphasize the practical aspects of programming a ray tracer. Students will learn to write code that runs on a GPU using the PyCUDA library to interact with Google Colab's GPU runtime.

Code for students following along

The code that we develop each week will be uploaded here for future reference.

• Code for week 1 (3 September 2025)