Roadmap for future versions of RayViz

Version 2.0

• Completely redone camera controls, to allow greater freedom of movement and ease of use
• Ability to load and view arbitrary obj files.
• Better UI with the ability to naturally manipulate camera parameters and shading options.
• "Single-Render Mode," in which the user can have the software save a rendering of the scene from the current viewport. The user can set the resolution and shading model of the render. The purpose is the generation of high-quality images for use in lectures and presentations.
• Separate ray tracing library. The ray traversal engine will be completely re-written, and released as a separate library under the LGPL v2.1
• Release of an independent ray recording and storage library, for potential future use in loading and visualizing ray data generateed by 3rd parties.

Version 3.0

• Programmable ray tracing shaders will be added, allowing students to write and visually debug there own shading program.
• The addition of path tracing shaders to the current crop of pre-defined shaders.
• Visualization support for ray tracing algorithms (such as path tracing) that feature multiple diveregent paths per pixel.
• Allow the visualization of ray traversal through the various sorts of view-dependent and view-independent acceleration structures.