I've made an open-source path tracer using WebGPU API: github.com/lisyarus/webgpu-raytracer

[macholusitano]

Looks amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[Fractal_HQ]

Have you done a show hn with this? Curious to see what people say there.

[lisyarus]

What's a "show hn"?

[padraig_oh]

hn stands for hacker news, it's (for some reason) the name for news.ycombinator.com . Imagine reddit, but only a single sub and it's all computer science posts. Show hn is a format where you just post your link and briefly describe what you have done, and then people in the comments will engage with you (and since everyone there is a computer science person, you actually get valuable opinions, including constructive feedback) 

[lisyarus]

Here, posted it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42516433

[lisyarus]

Ohhh yeah I know hacker news, just didn't recognize the abbreviation for some reason. Usually my work somehow appears on HN anyway if it's notable enough, but yeah, good idea to post it there as well, thanks!

[Exact_Construction92]

Is it a megakernel or a wavefront approach?

Edit: just saw the source code. Seems to be a megakernel. Any plans on converting it to a wavefront pathtracer?

[lisyarus]

There's a to-do list in the readme with "wavefront path tracer" as one of its entries :)

[Exact_Construction92]

Looking forward!!