Top 5 Python Raytracing Projects

plotoptix

4 474 8.2 Python

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

Project mention: Data visualisation and ray tracing in Python based on OptiX framework | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-05

Python-Raytracer

3 447 0.0 Python

A basic Ray Tracer that exploits numpy arrays and functions to work fast.
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prysm

28 234 8.3 Python

physical optics: integrated modeling, phase retrieval, segmented systems, polynomials and fitting, sequential raytracing... (by brandondube)

Project mention: How to generate realistic PSFs for camera lenses? | /r/Optics | 2023-09-07

My current concept is to just combine zernike polynomials with a random factor and calculate the PSF from that, which can be somewhat easily be done with the prysm library. These PSFs can then be convolved with circular and gaussian kernels for modelling additional defocus and accounting for other stuff like the AA filter. Then I'd add chromatic aberration by offseting/scaling the PSFs for each channel. Some generated kernels already look pretty good when comparing them to stars in astrophotography images, but others not so much.

RayTracingPBR

3 91 3.8 Python

A very simple PBR Path Tracing Renderer.
OptSys

1 16 2.6 Python

First order ray-optical system simulation (by vishwa91)
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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).