/* The SDF for a sphere with radius r */
float sdSphere(vec3 p, float r)
{
return length(p) - r;
}
/* The SDF for a scene with a unit sphere at the origin */
float sdScene(in vec3 pos) {
return sdSphere(pos, 1.0);
}
#define EPSILON 0.01
#define T_MAX 10.0
#define DELTA_T 0.1
#define SDF_FUNCTION sdScene
/* Ray marching (naïve) */
float rayMarch(in vec3 ro, in vec3 rd) {
float t = 0.0;
while(t < T_MAX) {
vec3 rt = ro + t * rd;
float ft = SDF_FUNCTION(rt);
if(ft < EPSILON) return t;
t += DELTA_T;
}
return T_MAX;
}
/* The main function to render the scene per pixel */
void mainImage(out vec4 pixelColor, in vec2 pixelCoordinate) {
// set up uv coordinates on the screen
float aspect = iResolution.x/iResolution.y;
vec2 uv = pixelCoordinate/iResolution.xy;
uv -= vec2(0.5, 0.5);
uv *= 2.0 * vec2(aspect, 1.0);
// set up camera and view ray
float observerDistance = 8.0;
vec3 ro = vec3(0.0, 0.0, observerDistance);
vec3 ta = ro - vec3(uv, 5.0);
vec3 rd = normalize(ta - ro);
// ray march
float t = rayMarch(ro, rd);
float hit = t != T_MAX ? 1.0 : 0.0;
// adjust the color to look just bright enough
float baseRatio = 0.65;
// the closer, the brighter
float distRatio = baseRatio + smoothstep(0.0, 1.0 - baseRatio, 1.0 - t / observerDistance);
vec3 col = distRatio * vec3(1.0);
// transparent if not hit
pixelColor = vec4(col, hit);
}
simplified from zmcbeth's Raymarch 3.0
