Ray Tracer

Ray tracer scene containing a sphere and a triangle. Implemented simple phong lighting (ambient, diffuse, specular model) and also casts shadows.

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2D Contouring and Color Maps

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Isosurface Computation and Display

The purpose for this project was to visualize interactively isosurfaces of a 3D dataset for three levels of resolution. Using the provided datasets, I extracted and rendered an isosurface. I also added two user interface components that allow a user to change the isovalue of the isosurface and level of resolution of the dataset.

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Phong Shading, Garoud Shading

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