CLIRayMarchingEngine

CLIRayMarchingEngine is a command-line ray marching engine that renders scenes using ray marching techniques. It supports various geometric primitives, smooth blending, and lighting effects.

Features

• Ray marching for rendering scenes
• Support for various geometric primitives (Box, Capsule, Octahedron, Orb, Plane)
• Smooth blending between objects
• Blinn-Phong lighting model
• 3 predefined scenes with different objects
• User controls for extremely basic scene navigation

2. Use the following controls to interact with the scenes:
   • W: Move forward
   • A: Move left
   • S: Move backward
   • D: Move right
   • Q: Stop rotating the light
   • E: Start rotating the light
   • Spacebar: Switch to the next scene
   • Escape: Exit the application

Scenes

The engine comes with three predefined scenes:

1. Scene One: A basic scene with various geometric primitives.
2. Scene Two: A scene with smooth blending between objects.
3. Scene Three: An endless repeater scene with infinite primitives in every direction.

Project Structure

• CLIRayMarchingEngine/Program.cs: The main entry point of the application.
• CLIRayMarchingEngine/AppManager.cs: Handles running of the applicaiton.
• CLIRayMarchingEngine/Controls/: Contains user control handling classes.
• CLIRayMarchingEngine/Model/: Contains model classes for geometric primitives and scenes.
• CLIRayMarchingEngine/View/: Contains view classes for rendering the scenes.
• CLIRayMarchingEngine/SceneSetups.cs: Contains methods for setting up predefined scenes.
• CLIRayMarchingEngine/HelpMaths.cs: Contains helper math functions for smooth blending and lighting calculations.

Acknowledgements

• Maths taken from Inigo Quilez, obviously.
• Blinn-Phong reflection model for the lighting model.