Smallvcm.com Website Review

SmallVCM is a small physically based renderer that implements the vertex connection and merging algorithm described in the paper > Iliyan Georgiev, Jaroslav Křivánek, Tomáš Davidovič, and > Philipp Slusallek as well as a number of other algorithms, notably including progressive photon mapping, (progressive) bidirectional photon mapping, and bidirectional path tracing. The code compiles to a command line program that can render images of a number of predefined scenes using provided scenes are too simple to provide a complete understanding of the performance of every implemented rendering algorithm and the The whole program consists of one C++ source file and a multiple header files. It was developed in VS2010, however we did some limited testing on Linux, and the provided Makefile works for g++ 4.4 and 4.6.3 at least. The major hurdle can come from the fact that the C++11 library is used, but an alternative random number generator is also provided Other than that, there are no dependencies, so simply compile smallvcm.cxx. The features and settings of the program can be explored by running smallvcm --help, which outputs the following information:     -s  Selects the scene (default 0):           0    glossy small spheres + sun (directional)           1    glossy large mirror sphere + ceiling (area)           2    glossy small spheres + point           3    glossy small spheres + background (env. lighting)     -a  Selects the rendering algorithm (default vcm):           el   eye light           pt   path tracing           lt   light tracing           ppm  progressive photon mapping           bpm  bidirectional photon mapping           bpt  bidirectional path tracing           vcm  vertex connection and merging     -t  Number of seconds to run the algorithm