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diff --git a/tinyraytracer.cpp b/tinyraytracer.cpp
index 477835e..0b0e42d 100644
--- a/tinyraytracer.cpp
+++ b/tinyraytracer.cpp
@@ -5,14 +5,48 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include "geometry.h"
 
-void render() {
+struct Sphere {
+    Vec3f center;
+    float radius;
+
+    Sphere(const Vec3f &c, const float &r) : center(c), radius(r) {}
+
+    bool ray_intersect(const Vec3f &orig, const Vec3f &dir, float &t0) const {
+        Vec3f L = center - orig;
+        float tca = L*dir;
+        float d2 = L*L - tca*tca;
+        if (d2 > radius*radius) return false;
+        float thc = sqrtf(radius*radius - d2);
+        t0       = tca - thc;
+        float t1 = tca + thc;
+        if (t0 < 0) t0 = t1;
+        if (t0 < 0) return false;
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+Vec3f cast_ray(const Vec3f &orig, const Vec3f &dir, const Sphere &sphere) {
+    float sphere_dist = std::numeric_limits<float>::max();
+    if (!sphere.ray_intersect(orig, dir, sphere_dist)) {
+        return Vec3f(0.2, 0.7, 0.8); // background color
+    }
+
+    return Vec3f(0.4, 0.4, 0.3);
+}
+
+void render(const Sphere &sphere) {
     const int width    = 1024;
     const int height   = 768;
+    const int fov      = M_PI/2.;
     std::vector<Vec3f> framebuffer(width*height);
 
+    #pragma omp parallel for
     for (size_t j = 0; j<height; j++) {
         for (size_t i = 0; i<width; i++) {
-            framebuffer[i+j*width] = Vec3f(j/float(height),i/float(width), 0);
+            float x =  (2*(i + 0.5)/(float)width  - 1)*tan(fov/2.)*width/(float)height;
+            float y = -(2*(j + 0.5)/(float)height - 1)*tan(fov/2.);
+            Vec3f dir = Vec3f(x, y, -1).normalize();
+            framebuffer[i+j*width] = cast_ray(Vec3f(0,0,0), dir, sphere);
         }
     }
 
@@ -28,7 +62,8 @@ void render() {
 }
 
 int main() {
-    render();
+    Sphere sphere(Vec3f(-3, 0, -16), 2);
+    render(sphere);
 
     return 0;
 }