Ray Tracing Visualization Tools Website

University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering

Welcome to the Ray Tracing Visualization Tools Website. We hope you will find the resources here to be useful.

Personnel
Brian Curless, Faculty Advisor [e-mail]
Craig Kaplan, Graduate Student Advisor [e-mail]
Jake Russell, Undergraduate Honors Student Author [e-mail]

Papers and Documentation

Russell, Jake, An Interactive Web-Based Ray Tracing Visialuzation Tool, [html] [doc] [pdf] Submitted as undergraduate honors program senior thesis requirement at the University of Washington Department of Computer Science, June 1999.

Browser Setup Instructions
Java Plug-in 1.2 and Java3D 1.1.1 - Windows Installation Instructions

RayTracing Visualization Tools
Checkerboard HTML Scene - a demonstration of SeeRay, SeeRendered, and GetRayConfig Applets - requires Plug-In and Java3D.
Items available for download:
raytrace.jar - Compiled RayTracing visualization tools (distribution pack containing all raytracing visualization Applets)
GetRayConfig.java source code distribution
RayConfigReceiver.java interface distribution
checkerboard.ray - a sample raytracing scene input file

Other Interactive Graphics Educational Aids Projects
Brown University Computer Graphics Exploratory Applet Index
Princeton University Computer Graphics Applets page
DesignMentor Curves and Surfaces Educational Tool software distribution page, Michigan Technological University Geometric Computing Group

Other Resources for Graphics Educators

Computer Graphics Educator's Listserve informational page
Computer Graphics Courseware Repository FTP site informational page

University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering Graphics and Imaging Lab home page

Comments to jaker@cs.washington.edu

Personnel	Brian Curless, Faculty Advisor [e-mail] Craig Kaplan, Graduate Student Advisor [e-mail] Jake Russell, Undergraduate Honors Student Author [e-mail]
Papers and Documentation	Russell, Jake, An Interactive Web-Based Ray Tracing Visialuzation Tool, [html] [doc] [pdf] Submitted as undergraduate honors program senior thesis requirement at the University of Washington Department of Computer Science, June 1999.
Browser Setup Instructions	Java Plug-in 1.2 and Java3D 1.1.1 - Windows Installation Instructions
RayTracing Visualization Tools	Checkerboard HTML Scene - a demonstration of SeeRay, SeeRendered, and GetRayConfig Applets - requires Plug-In and Java3D. Items available for download: raytrace.jar - Compiled RayTracing visualization tools (distribution pack containing all raytracing visualization Applets) GetRayConfig.java source code distribution RayConfigReceiver.java interface distribution checkerboard.ray - a sample raytracing scene input file
Other Interactive Graphics Educational Aids Projects	Brown University Computer Graphics Exploratory Applet Index Princeton University Computer Graphics Applets page DesignMentor Curves and Surfaces Educational Tool software distribution page, Michigan Technological University Geometric Computing Group
Other Resources for Graphics Educators	Computer Graphics Educator's Listserve informational page Computer Graphics Courseware Repository FTP site informational page University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering Graphics and Imaging Lab home page