aras-p/ToyPathTracer resource

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A small educational path tracer written in C++ and C# with CPU and GPU implementations (DX11, Metal, Unity Burst, WebAssembly). It was built as a personal learning exercise accompanied by a detailed blog series on rendering and performance optimization.

Use cases

• learn how path tracing works
• compare CPU vs GPU ray tracing performance
• study SIMD optimization in C++
• see how to write a path tracer in Unity with Burst
• learn GPU compute shader rendering with Metal or DX11
• study a WebAssembly graphics demo

When to choose

• you want a minimal, readable codebase to learn ray/path tracing
• you want to compare implementations across languages and platforms
• you want to follow along with a blog series explaining each optimization step

When to avoid

• you need a production renderer with BVH acceleration, materials, or mesh support
• you need a feature-complete offline renderer
• you expect maintained, extensible rendering software

Facets

learning-resource · maturity maintenance

graphics simulation benchmarking graphics tutorials performance windows wasm cpp path-tracing ray-tracing rendering simd unity metal directx11 educational game-development macos ios gpu

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