Betelgeuse

Named after the red supergiant 427 light years away, Betelgeuse is a simple software raytracer, which was part of my Master’s Thesis. It features:

Input format similar to POV-Ray.
Several types of geometry, such as triangle, sphere, cone, etc.
Boolean operations for closed geometric objects (union, difference, intersection).
Three light models – point light, spot light and directional light.
Dynamically build BSP tree of objects used during ray intersections.
Miscellaneous ways to define objects’ texture coordinates.
Parallel raytracing on computers connected via network.
Anti-aliasing of final images.