Developer Manual (PathTracer)

PathTrace is (as the name suggests) a simple path tracer that can render pictures with global illumination effects. The first part of the assignment will focus on providing an efficient implementation of ray-scene geometry queries. In the second half of the assignment you will add the ability to simulate how light bounces around the scene, which will allow your renderer to synthesize much higher-quality images. Much like in MeshEdit, input scenes are defined in COLLADA files, so you can create your own scenes for your scenes to render using free software like Blender.)