Black-Hole-Raytracer

Raytracer for a Schwarzschild black hole

Writeup

Dependencies

• OpenCV

Running on Mac

• Install OpenCV for Mac
• Install CMake and Xcode Toolchain
• Create a build folder in the root directory of the Black-Hole-Raytracer cloned repo
• Run cmake . to generate the make file for the project
• In src/Program.cpp, replace the input images for DiskImg and SkyImg with absolute paths on your machine (due to OpenCV on Mac bug)
• Run make and run the blackholeraytracer executable

Running on Windows

• Install Visual Studio 2017 with Visual Studio C++ Support
• Install CMake
• Create a build folder in the root directory of the Black-Hole-Raytracer cloned repo
• Use CMake to compile, generate, and open this project
  • Point the source code to the project repo path
  • Set the binary build location to the build folder
  • Click Configure and choose the Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64 option
  • Click Generate and then Open Project
• Follow instructions here to install and link OpenCV