Whitted-style Ray Tracing

  • An Improved Illumination Model for Shaded Display

    This is Turner Whitted's original Ray Tracing paper

    • paper
    • classic
  • The Ray Tracer Challenge

    This book challenges you to build a Whitted-style ray tracer from scratch. Unlike many tutorials, it doesn't provide code and follows a unique test-first approach, describing only test specifications and algorithms.