Simon has set his first steps towards creating a 3D renderer. What’s a 3D renderer? 3D rendering is a process of converting 3D models into 2D images on a computer. Simon wants to build his 3D renderer using ray marching algorithms.
“That’s a most unusual technique that’s used for that. Normally you would use rasterization”, Simon explains. What on earth is that? Rasterization simply means taking an image described in a vector graphics format and converting it into a raster image, i.e. a series of pixels, dots or lines. But Simon doesn’t use rasterization. He uses ray marching. So what is ray marching?
“Ray marching is an algorithm to shoot a ray until it hits the scene. Normally it’s done with ray tracing, but ray marching gives us extra possibilities”.
Simon’s code: https://editor.p5js.org/simontiger/sketches/drEtQDq66
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