# volumetric-cloud

**Repository Path**: yangyw6/volumetric-cloud

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: volumetric-cloud
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2024-03-03
- **Last Updated**: 2024-03-03

## Categories & Tags

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## README

Volumetric Cloud
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Originally created in 2009, this program first reads a text file containing initialization variables, then uses those variables to create a voxel grid data structure and uses ray marching to read lighting and density information from the grid in order to render fluffy clouds. The program was updated in 2010: the code was completely rewritten to improve efficiency, several new algorithms were implemented for voxel grid traversal, Perlin Noise was implemented to generate random clouds, and a GUI was created to make it more user-friendly (for the few users that actually stumble across it, that is).

Features
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- Generates volumetric clouds with ray marching on a voxel density grid
- Trilinear interpolation to produce more realistic results
- Random cloud generator using Perlin noise
- Can read in custom-made cloud configuration files or output current cloud as a new configuration file
- GUI that allows the user to move the camera and see rendering progress
- Optimized for faster speed