ray-tracer VS path-tracer

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

ray-tracer

A physically based monte carlo path tracer written in C++ [Moved to: https://github.com/amanshenoy/pb-path-tracer] (by amanshenoy)
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6.7 4.2
over 2 years ago about 2 years ago
C++ C++
zlib License zlib License
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ray-tracer

Posts with mentions or reviews of ray-tracer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-27.

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 ray-tracer and path-tracer you can also consider the following projects:

yocto-gl - Yocto/GL: Tiny C++ Libraries for Data-Driven Physically-based Graphics

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

F3D - Fast and minimalist 3D viewer.

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

muon - A subatomic path tracer.

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

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

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

RadeonProRenderMayaPlugin - This hardware-agnostic rendering plug-in for Maya uses accurate ray-tracing technology to produce images and animations of your scenes, and provides real-time interactive rendering and continuous adjustment of effects.

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

rpt - A physically-based path tracer