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Introduction to Computer Graphics

Assignment 0 – Raytracing “Hello World”


Submission deadline: 29.09.2023, 12:00
Late submissions are not accepted

This assignment is primarily intended to ensure the provided raytracing framework code properly
builds and runs on your computer. Instructions for building the code can be found in README.md of
the zip archive. You are also encouraged to browse through and familiarize yourself with the code;
future assignments will ask you to add various functionalities to it.

Collaboration tools
We recommend to create a private git repository for collaboration with your fellow group members.
Multiple providers offer free hosting of private git1 repositories, e.g. https://gitlab.com or
https://github.com.
For those new to git, a basic tutorial can be found at http://try.github.io (independent of
the hosting provider, this does not just apply to github). But feel free to use any other way to
synchronize code in your team.

Development Environments
While it’s totally fine to edit your files in notepad.exe, vi or ed2 and compile on the command line,
when working with a complex code base, an IDE can be very useful.
The code templates we provide are tested with these C++ IDEs:

• Qt Creator – Free and Open Source Software, available on Linux, Mac, Windows and BSD.
https://qt.io3
• CLion – Proprietary, available on Linux, Mac and Windows. Free academic licenses available.
https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/
• Microsoft Visual Studio (MSVC) – Proprietary, Windows only4 . Student or free community
licenses available. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/.

Feel free to use any programming environment you like, however exotic choices can limit the support
we can provide to you in case of problems.
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N.B.: Do not confuse git, the version control system, with github or gitlab, which are services that host git
repositories.
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http://cs.wellesley.edu/~cs249/Resources/ed_is_the_standard_text_editor.html
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On Windows, either enable the MinGW compiler during installation or have MSVC installed.
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Not to be confused with Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio for Mac - these are different products

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Computer Graphics @ UniBE, Fall 2023 Assignment 0 – Raytracing “Hello World”

Assignment
The required part of this assignment is to compile the provided raytracer framework, edit the file
scenes/solid_color/solid_color.sce to produce the color of your choice and render it to the
output file “solid_color.tga”. The color is specified in RGB space, each component bounded
between zero and one.

What to hand in
A single .zip compressed file, with contents as follows:

• Hand in only the files you changed (in this case, solid_color.sce) and the requested
program output (in this case one output image). It is up to you to make sure that all files
that you have changed are in the zip.

• A readme.txt file containing a brief description on how you solved each exercise and the
encountered problems.

• Other files that are required by your readme.txt file. For example, if you mention some
screenshot images in readme.txt, these images need to be submitted too.

• For theory exercises, a TheoryExercise.pdf document with your answers.5

Submit solutions to ILIAS before the deadline. Late submissions receive 0 points!

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Not required for assignment 0.

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