ODaal/Basic_RayTracing

This project is a classic academic or hobbyist exercise: implementing a ray-tracing algorithm in hardware (Verilog) on a low-cost FPGA board (PYNQ-Z2). With only 2 stars and 0 forks over a 200-day period, it lacks any community traction or developmental momentum. While writing a ray tracer in HDL is technically demanding compared to software equivalents, the logic follows standard fixed-point intersection algorithms that are well-documented in computer graphics textbooks and existing FPGA IP cores. It has no moat; it is a reference implementation of a known problem. Frontier labs (OpenAI/Google) have no interest in low-level FPGA ray-tracing logic for legacy hobbyist hardware, making frontier risk low. Its primary value is educational, but as a technical asset, it is easily displaced by more sophisticated open-source GPU-based ray tracers or commercial IP from companies like Imagination Technologies or NVIDIA.