Making a glass Fresnel lens with its concentric rings requires even more work, but as the ever-resourceful [Robert Murray-Smith] shows us, a Fresnel lens can be made from far more mundane materials.

In addition, you will be introduced to tool boxes and settings that have an effect on your renderings. The Constant, Smooth, Phong, and Ray Trace routines are presented and their settings explained.

If you are a Hackaday reader, you probably know what a Fresnel lens is. You find them in everything from overhead projectors to VR headsets. While it seems commonplace now, the Fresnel lens was an ...