Jamtracer

A simple raytracer written in Java.

Features

• Multi-threaded raytracing
• Shadows
• Reflections up to abitrary depth
• Progressive rendering - see your render as it progresses
• Simple shapes: sphere, box
• Different materials per shape

Requirements

• Maven
• Java 14 with preview features enabled

Build

Jamtracer can be built with maven:

mvn clean install

Once the build is done, an executable JAR will be created under target/jamtracer-x.y.z-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar

Usage

Currently Jamtracer doesn't support any command-line arguments, the shaded JAR can be run as-is:

java --enable-preview -jar target/jamtracer-*-shaded.java

Documentation

Docs can be generated via maven:

mvn site

The generated documents can be found under target/site/apidocs.

License

See LICENSE.