Ray Tracing in 5 minutes: Part 2 -- implementing a basic ray tracer

Equivalent to a 50 minute university lecture on Ray Tracing. Part 2 of 3. Part 3: https://youtu.be/58n6nHBwisU 0:00 - intro 0:09 - rays 0:19 - TraceRay function 1:38 - shading 2:11 - shadow attenuation 2:55 - soft shadows 3:34 - colored shadows 4:16 - transparent shadows Graphics in 5 minutes is a series of cartoon-style videos that teach computer graphics in 10x less time. You can take the equivalent of a University level computer graphics course in just over two hours. The playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWfDJ5nla8UpwShx-lzLJqcp575fKpsSO See here for more information: https://g5m.cs.washington.edu/