pbrt-v4
✅ Recently maintainedSource code to pbrt, the ray tracer described in the forthcoming 4th edition of the "Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation" book.
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C++ · Apache-2.0 · Last push 2026-10-30
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git clone https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v4.gitCloning downloads the source. For dependencies and installation, follow the project README.
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