C++ ray-tracing

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Top 10 C++ ray-tracing Projects

  • The-Forge

    The Forge Cross-Platform Rendering Framework PC Windows, Steamdeck (native), Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, PS5, Switch, Quest 2

    • Project mention: WebKit Switching to Skia for 2D Graphics Rendering | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-20

  • GLSL-PathTracer

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

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  • ospray

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

  • RTXDI

    • Project mention: Petition to put WCCFTech and DSOGaming into unapproved tech blogs | /r/AyyMD | 2023-06-24

    Even their Path Tracer (RTX Remix - like Portal with RTX, or Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive) is licensed under similar terms: https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/Path-Tracing-SDK/blob/main/LICENSE.txt https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/RTXDI/blob/main/LICENSE.txt

  • RadeonProRenderUSD

    This plug-in allows GPU or CPU accelerated viewport rendering on all OpenCL 1.2 hardware for the open source USD and Hydra system. You can build this plug-in as a USDView plug-in or a Houdini plug-in.

  • ProtoTracer

    3D rendering and animation engine for multifaceted displays on microcontrollers

    • Project mention: Some DIY helmet mods for my cyberpunk-inspired cosplay | /r/Cyberpunk | 2023-12-10

    ProtoTracer for changing the image the LED shows.

  • RayTracer

    A ray tracing program

    • Project mention: C++ Project Ideas? | /r/Cplusplus | 2023-07-04

    And here there is a project of mine base on them (and not only): aromanro/RayTracer: A ray tracing program (github.com)

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  • path-tracer

    A physically-based Monte Carlo Path Tracer (Ray Tracer) from scratch

  • 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.

  • astray

    A performance-portable geodesic ray tracing library. (by VRGroupRWTH)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • Some DIY helmet mods for my cyberpunk-inspired cosplay

    1 project | /r/Cyberpunk | 10 Dec 2023

  • C++ Project Ideas?

    4 projects | /r/Cplusplus | 4 Jul 2023

  • Petition to put WCCFTech and DSOGaming into unapproved tech blogs

    4 projects | /r/AyyMD | 24 Jun 2023

  • 4 hours of my .obj parser so far 😭

    3 projects | /r/opengl | 12 Jun 2023

  • [Digital Foundry] Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive on RTX 3050? RTX 20/30 Series/RDNA 2 Performance + Optimisation

    1 project | /r/hardware | 18 Apr 2023

  • Introducing TeaScript C++ Library

    2 projects | /r/cpp | 16 Feb 2023

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    4 projects | /r/cpp | 20 Oct 2022
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Index

What are some of the best open-source ray-tracing projects in C++? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 The-Forge 4,471
2 GLSL-PathTracer 1,740
3 ospray 973
4 RTXDI 310
5 RadeonProRenderUSD 211
6 ProtoTracer 126
7 RayTracer 118
8 path-tracer 51
9 RadeonProRenderMayaPlugin 47
10 astray 25

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