Some photon testing with the book.

kd_tree.cpp

@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 #include <iostream>
-#ifndef NDEBUG
 #include <fstream>
-#endif
 #include <queue>
 
 #include <omp.h>
+#include <glm/gtc/constants.hpp>
 
 #include "kd_tree.hpp"
 
-#ifndef NDEBUG
 using std::ofstream;
 using std::ios;
-#endif
-
 using std::cout;
 using std::endl;
 
@@ -334,21 +330,10 @@ bool kdTree::buildKdTree()
     }
 
   cout << "Adding photons to the tree." << endl;
-  createNodeKdTree(&root, Photons , xyz, yzx, zxy, XYZ, 0, size, xyz_aux, yzx_aux, zxy_aux);
+  //createNodeKdTree(&root, Photons , xyz, yzx, zxy, XYZ, 0, size, xyz_aux, yzx_aux, zxy_aux);
 
   //printTree();
 
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-  cout << "Writing photons to \x1b[1;33mphotons.txt\x1b[m" << endl;
-  ofstream ofs("photons.txt", ios::out);
-  float r, g, b;
-  for (std::vector<Photon>::iterator it = Photons.begin(); it != Photons.end(); it++) {
-    rgbe2float(r, g, b, (*it).radiance);
-    ofs << (*it).position.x << " " << (*it).position.y << " " << (*it).position.z << " " << r << " " << g << " " << b << endl;
-  }
-  ofs.close();
-#endif
-
   // delete[] xyz;
   // delete[] yzx;
   // delete[] zxy;
@@ -414,3 +399,26 @@ void kdTree::findInRange (Vec3 min, Vec3 max, std::vector<Photon> &photons, tree
 size_t kdTree::getNumPhotons() {
   return Photons.size();
 }
+
+void kdTree::save_photon_list() const {
+  cout << "Writing photons to \x1b[1;33mphotons.txt\x1b[m" << endl;
+  ofstream ofs("photons.txt", ios::out);
+  float r, g, b;
+  for (std::vector<Photon>::const_iterator it = Photons.begin(); it != Photons.end(); it++) {
+    rgbe2float(r, g, b, (*it).radiance);
+    ofs << (*it).position.x << " " << (*it).position.y << " " << (*it).position.z << " " << r << " " << g << " " << b << endl;
+  }
+  ofs.close();
+}
+
+void kdTree::find_by_distance(std::vector<Photon> & found, const glm::vec3 & point, const glm::vec3 & normal, const float distance, const unsigned int max) const {
+  glm::vec3 p_pos;
+  found.clear();
+  for (std::vector<Photon>::const_iterator it = Photons.begin(); it != Photons.end(); it++) {
+    p_pos = glm::vec3((*it).position.x, (*it).position.y, (*it).position.z);
+    if (glm::distance(p_pos, point) < distance && glm::dot(glm::normalize(p_pos - point), normal) < glm::pi<float>() / 2.0f)
+      found.push_back((*it));
+    if (found.size() >= max)
+      break;
+  }
+}

kd_tree.hpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <limits>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <glm/glm.hpp>
 
 #include "rgbe.hpp"
 
@@ -153,7 +154,8 @@ public:
   bool buildKdTree();
   void printTree();
   std::vector<Photon> findInRange (Vec3 min, Vec3 max) const;
-
+  void find_by_distance(std::vector<Photon> & found, const glm::vec3 & point, const glm::vec3 & normal, const float distance, const unsigned int max) const;
+  void save_photon_list() const;
   size_t getNumPhotons();
   
 private:

photon_tracer.cpp

@@ -101,23 +101,25 @@ vec3 PhotonTracer::trace_ray(Ray & r, Scene * s, unsigned int rec_level) const {
       }
 
       // TODO: Change photon map search method for hemisphere search.
-      radius = m_h_radius;
+      // radius = m_h_radius;
-      mn = Vec3(i_pos.x - radius, i_pos.y - radius, i_pos.z - radius);
+      // mn = Vec3(i_pos.x - radius, i_pos.y - radius, i_pos.z - radius);
-      mx = Vec3(i_pos.x + radius, i_pos.y + radius, i_pos.z + radius);
+      // mx = Vec3(i_pos.x + radius, i_pos.y + radius, i_pos.z + radius);
 
-      while((photons =  m_photon_map.findInRange(mn, mx)).size() == 0 && radius < 5.0) {
+      // while((photons =  m_photon_map.findInRange(mn, mx)).size() == 0 && radius < 5.0) {
-	radius *= 2;
+      // 	radius *= 2;
-	mn = Vec3(i_pos.x - radius, i_pos.y - radius, i_pos.z - radius);
+      // 	mn = Vec3(i_pos.x - radius, i_pos.y - radius, i_pos.z - radius);
-	mx = Vec3(i_pos.x + radius, i_pos.y + radius, i_pos.z + radius);
+      // 	mx = Vec3(i_pos.x + radius, i_pos.y + radius, i_pos.z + radius);
-      }
+      // }
+      m_photon_map.find_by_distance(photons, i_pos, n, m_h_radius, 1000);
 
       for (vector<Photon>::iterator it = photons.begin(); it != photons.end(); it++) {
 	(*it).getColor(red, green, blue);
-	p_contrib += ((_f->m_mat->m_diffuse / pi<float>()) * vec3(red, green, blue)) / (pi<float>() * (radius * radius));
+	p_contrib += (_f->m_mat->m_diffuse / pi<float>()) * vec3(red, green, blue);
       }
-      
+      p_contrib /= (1.0f / pi<float>()) / (m_h_radius * m_h_radius);
-      color += (1.0f - _f->m_mat->m_rho) * (((dir_diff_color) * (_f->m_mat->m_diffuse / pi<float>())) +
+      // color += (1.0f - _f->m_mat->m_rho) * (((dir_diff_color) * (_f->m_mat->m_diffuse / pi<float>())) +
-					    (_f->m_mat->m_specular * dir_spec_color) + p_contrib);
+      //  					    (_f->m_mat->m_specular * dir_spec_color) + p_contrib);
+      color += p_contrib;
 
       // Determine the specular reflection color.
       if (_f->m_mat->m_rho > 0.0f && rec_level < m_max_depth) {
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ void PhotonTracer::build_photon_map(Scene * s, const size_t n_photons_per_ligth,
   cout << endl;
 
   cout << "Generated " << ANSI_BOLD_YELLOW << m_photon_map.getNumPhotons() << ANSI_RESET_STYLE << " total photons." << endl;
+  m_photon_map.save_photon_list();
   cout << "Building photon map Kd-tree." << endl;
   m_photon_map.buildKdTree();
 }

rgbe.cpp

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void float2rgbe(unsigned char rgbe[4], float red, float green, float blue) {
 /* standard conversion from rgbe to float pixels */
 /* note: Ward uses ldexp(col+0.5,exp-(128+8)).  However we wanted pixels */
 /*       in the range [0,1] to map back into the range [0,1].            */
-void rgbe2float(float & red, float & green, float & blue, unsigned char rgbe[4]) {
+void rgbe2float(float & red, float & green, float & blue, const unsigned char rgbe[4]) {
   float f;
 
   if (rgbe[3]) {   /*nonzero pixel*/

rgbe.hpp

@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
 #define RGBE_HPP
 
 extern void float2rgbe(unsigned char rgbe[4], float red, float green, float blue);
-extern void rgbe2float(float & red, float & green, float & blue, unsigned char rgbe[4]);
+extern void rgbe2float(float & red, float & green, float & blue, const unsigned char rgbe[4]);
   
 #endif

sampling.cpp

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-#include <cstdlib>
+#include <random>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <functional>
 
 #include <glm/glm.hpp>
 #include <glm/gtc/constants.hpp>
 
 #include "sampling.hpp"
 
+using std::uniform_real_distribution;
+using std::mt19937;
+using std::bind;
 using glm::mat3;
 using glm::abs;
 using glm::normalize;
@@ -14,8 +19,15 @@ using glm::pi;
 
 const float PDF = (1.0f / (2.0f * pi<float>()));
 
+static bool seeded = false;
+static uniform_real_distribution<float> dist(0, 1);
+static mt19937 engine;
+static auto generator = bind(dist, engine);
+
 float random01() {
-  return static_cast<float>(rand() % 1024) / 1025.0f;
+  if (!seeded)
+    engine.seed(std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
+  return generator();
 }
 
 vec2 sample_pixel(int i, int j, float w, float h, float a_ratio, float fov) {

scenes/scene7.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     },
 
     "sphere_area_light": {
-	"position": [0.0, 1.0, -1.0],
+	"position": [0.0, 0.7, -1.0],
 	"radius": 0.15,
 	"material": {
 	    "emission": [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]