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Looking for: random raytracing program (awful.systems)

submitted 1 year ago by gerikson@awful.systems to c/notawfultech@awful.systems

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Years ago (we're talking decades) I ran into a small program that randomly generated raytraced images (think transparent orbs, lens flares, reflection etc), suitable for saving as wallpapers. It was a C/C++ program that ran on Linux. I've long since lost the name and the source code, and I wonder if there's anything like that out there now?

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[–] e0qdk@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

POV-Ray, perhaps? You give it a scene description text file and it will render a raytraced image of the scene for you. You'd need to find or write an appropriate scene description though for what you want to randomize.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion, but that's not the one.

[–] pja@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.rayrender.net/ ?

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago

Looks interesting, but that's also not what I'm looking for. Thanks though!