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+// Requirements:
+// #define MAX_STEPS 100
+// #define MAX_DIST 100.
+// GetDist: (vec3 position) => float
+// GetDist should return the closest object point distance from position (in the whole scene)
+
+/**
+ * Ray Marching algorithm
+ * Please take a look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGtv-dBi2wE&t=1367s
+ * This function return the distance reached by the ray:
+ * - If dist<MAX_DIST we hit something
+ */
+float RayMarch(vec3 ray_origin, vec3 ray_direction) {
+	float dist_origin=0.; // Ray start at the origin
+    for(int i=0; i<MAX_STEPS; i++) { // If we take to much time to converge (i>=MAX_STEPS)
+    	// We move the ray:
+    	vec3 ray_position = ray_origin + ray_direction*dist_origin;
+    	// We find the next closest point:
+        float closest_point = GetDist(ray_position);
+        // Increase the ray distance
+        dist_origin += closest_point;
+        // Check if we went to far or we are too close from a point (we hit a surface)
+        if(dist_origin>MAX_DIST || closest_point<SURF_DIST) break;
+    }
+    return dist_origin;
+}
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