RayTracer VS path-tracer

Compare RayTracer vs path-tracer and see what are their differences.

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RayTracer path-tracer
6 2
117 51
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4.7 4.2
2 months ago about 2 years ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only zlib License
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RayTracer

Posts with mentions or reviews of RayTracer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-04.

path-tracer

Posts with mentions or reviews of path-tracer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing RayTracer and path-tracer you can also consider the following projects:

EventMolecularDynamics - A program implementing event driven molecular dynamics for hard smooth spheres, using OpenGL for displaying

GLSL-PathTracer - A toy physically based GPU path tracer (C++/OpenGL/GLSL)

NGL - The NCCA Graphics Library

pbrt-rust - Implementation of PBRT in rust based on the C++ version by Matt Pharr, Grep Humphreys, and Wenzel Jakob.

HartreeFock - A program implementing the Hartree–Fock (also post-HF: MP2, CCSD(T), CIS and TDHF/RPA)/self-consistent field method (also DIIS) with Gaussian orbitals

plotoptix - Data visualisation and ray tracing in Python based on OptiX 7.7 framework.

manta-ray - An open source physically based renderer.

ospray - An Open, Scalable, Portable, Ray Tracing Based Rendering Engine for High-Fidelity Visualization

any_hash.cr - Better JSON::Any for Crystal

CLUSEK-RT - Vulkan based C++ ray-tracing game engine.

nrg - A simple program implementing the numerical renormalization group

sightpy-weekend-raytracer - This raytracer is a versatile implementation of Ray Tracing in One Weekend Book Series which uses Python as the interface for the scene description