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Coding Adventure: Ray Tracing

Sebastian Lague · Programming & Tech · 37 min · 1.6 million views · published 2023-04-01

I tried creating a custom ray/path tracing renderer. Featuring: maths, shaders, and cats! This project was written in C# and HLSL, and uses

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