intersections: add inside/outside to prepare_computations.

rtchallenge/src/intersections.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 use std::ops::Index;
 
-use crate::{rays::Ray, spheres::Sphere, tuples::Tuple};
+use crate::{
+    rays::Ray,
+    spheres::Sphere,
+    tuples::{dot, Tuple},
+};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Intersection<'i> {
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ pub struct PrecomputedData<'i> {
     pub point: Tuple,
     pub eyev: Tuple,
     pub normalv: Tuple,
+    pub inside: bool,
 }
 
 /// Precomputes data common to all intersections.
@@ -149,6 +154,7 @@ pub struct PrecomputedData<'i> {
 ///     tuples::Tuple,
 /// };
 ///
+/// // Precomputing the state of an intersection.
 /// let r = Ray::new(Tuple::point(0., 0., -5.), Tuple::vector(0., 0., 1.));
 /// let shape = Sphere::default();
 /// let i = Intersection::new(4., &shape);
@@ -158,14 +164,40 @@ pub struct PrecomputedData<'i> {
 /// assert_eq!(comps.point, Tuple::point(0., 0., -1.));
 /// assert_eq!(comps.eyev, Tuple::vector(0., 0., -1.));
 /// assert_eq!(comps.normalv, Tuple::vector(0., 0., -1.));
+///
+/// // The hit, when an intersection occurs on the outside.
+/// let r = Ray::new(Tuple::point(0., 0., -5.), Tuple::vector(0., 0., 1.));
+/// let shape = Sphere::default();
+/// let i = Intersection::new(4., &shape);
+/// let comps = prepare_computations(&i, &r);
+/// assert_eq!(comps.inside, false);
+///
+/// // The hit, when an intersection occurs on the inside.
+/// let r = Ray::new(Tuple::point(0., 0., 0.), Tuple::vector(0., 0., 1.));
+/// let shape = Sphere::default();
+/// let i = Intersection::new(1., &shape);
+/// let comps = prepare_computations(&i, &r);
+/// assert_eq!(comps.point, Tuple::point(0., 0., 1.));
+/// assert_eq!(comps.eyev, Tuple::vector(0., 0., -1.));
+/// assert_eq!(comps.inside, true);
+//// // Normal would have been (0, 0, 1), but is inverted when inside.
+/// assert_eq!(comps.normalv, Tuple::vector(0., 0., -1.));
 /// ```
 pub fn prepare_computations<'i>(i: &'i Intersection, r: &Ray) -> PrecomputedData<'i> {
     let point = r.position(i.t);
+    let normalv = i.object.normal_at(point);
+    let eyev = -r.direction;
+    let (inside, normalv) = if dot(normalv, eyev) < 0. {
+        (true, -normalv)
+    } else {
+        (false, normalv)
+    };
     PrecomputedData {
         t: i.t,
         object: i.object,
         point,
-        eyev: -r.direction,
+        normalv,
-        normalv: i.object.normal_at(point),
+        inside,
+        eyev,
     }
 }