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+# realtime-raytracing-demo
+
+A hardware-accelerated (via OpenGL) realtime raytracer written in C/GLSL.
+Move with W/A/S/D and the mouse.
+Supports spheres as a shape primitive and three materials: An ideal lambertian diffuse, metal (with adjustable diffuse), and dielectric (glass-like).
+
+## building
+
+GLFW requires X11 development headers to build. Should build on other platforms too, but I haven't tested it.
+
+```
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake .. && make && ./realtime-raytracing-demo
+```
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