diff --git a/include/viennals/lsCalculateVisibilities.hpp b/include/viennals/lsCalculateVisibilities.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <lsDomain.hpp>
+#include <vcVectorUtil.hpp>
+
+namespace viennals {
+using namespace viennacore;
+
+template <class NumericType, int D> class CalculateVisibilities {
+  SmartPointer<Domain<NumericType, D>> levelSet;
+  Vec3D<NumericType> direction;
+  const NumericType epsilon = static_cast<NumericType>(1e-6);
+  const std::string visibilitiesLabel;
+
+public:
+  CalculateVisibilities(
+      const SmartPointer<Domain<NumericType, D>> &passedLevelSet,
+      const Vec3D<NumericType> passedDirection,
+      const std::string label = "Visibilities")
+      : levelSet(passedLevelSet), direction(passedDirection),
+        visibilitiesLabel(std::move(label)) {}
+
+  void apply() {
+
+    auto &domain = levelSet->getDomain();
+    auto &grid = levelSet->getGrid();
+
+    // *** Determine extents of domain ***
+    Vec3D<NumericType> minDefinedPoint;
+    Vec3D<NumericType> maxDefinedPoint;
+    // Initialize with extreme values
+    for (int i = 0; i < D; ++i) {
+      minDefinedPoint[i] = std::numeric_limits<NumericType>::max();
+      maxDefinedPoint[i] = std::numeric_limits<NumericType>::lowest();
+    }
+    // Iterate through all defined points in the domain
+    for (hrleSparseIterator<typename Domain<NumericType, D>::DomainType> it(
+             domain);
+         !it.isFinished(); it.next()) {
+      if (!it.isDefined())
+        continue; // Skip undefined points
+
+      // Get the coordinate of the current point
+      auto point = it.getStartIndices();
+      for (int i = 0; i < D; ++i) {
+        // Compare to update min and max defined points
+        NumericType coord = point[i]; // * grid.getGridDelta();
+        minDefinedPoint[i] = std::min(minDefinedPoint[i], coord);
+        maxDefinedPoint[i] = std::max(maxDefinedPoint[i], coord);
+      }
+    }
+    //****************************
+
+    // Invert the vector
+    auto dir = Normalize(Inv(direction)) *
+               static_cast<NumericType>(domain.getGrid().getGridDelta());
+
+    auto numDefinedPoints = domain.getNumberOfPoints();
+    std::vector<NumericType> visibilities(numDefinedPoints);
+
+#pragma omp parallel num_threads(levelSet->getNumberOfSegments())
+    {
+      int p = 0;
+#ifdef _OPENMP
+      p = omp_get_thread_num();
+#endif
+
+      hrleVectorType<hrleIndexType, D> startVector =
+          (p == 0) ? grid.getMinGridPoint() : domain.getSegmentation()[p - 1];
+
+      hrleVectorType<hrleIndexType, D> endVector =
+          (p != static_cast<int>(domain.getNumberOfSegments() - 1))
+              ? domain.getSegmentation()[p]
+              : grid.incrementIndices(grid.getMaxGridPoint());
+
+      // Calculate the starting index for the visibility vector
+      hrleSizeType id = 0;
+      for (int i = 0; i < p; ++i) {
+        id += domain.getDomainSegment(i).getNumberOfPoints();
+      }
+
+      for (hrleSparseIterator<typename Domain<NumericType, D>::DomainType> it(
+               domain, startVector);
+           it.getStartIndices() < endVector; ++it) {
+
+        if (!it.isDefined())
+          continue;
+
+        // Starting position of the point
+        Vec3D<NumericType> currentPos;
+        for (int i = 0; i < D; ++i) {
+          currentPos[i] = it.getStartIndices(i);
+        }
+
+        // Start tracing the ray
+        NumericType minLevelSetValue =
+            it.getValue(); // Starting level set value
+        Vec3D<NumericType> rayPos = currentPos;
+        bool visibility = true;
+
+        while (1) {
+          // Update the ray position
+          for (int i = 0; i < D; ++i) {
+            rayPos[i] += dir[i];
+          }
+
+          // Determine the nearest grid cell (round to nearest index)
+          Vec3D<hrleIndexType> nearestCell;
+          for (int i = 0; i < D; ++i) {
+            nearestCell[i] = static_cast<hrleIndexType>(rayPos[i]);
+          }
+
+          // // Before adding a cell, check if it's already visited
+          // if (std::find(visitedCells.begin(), visitedCells.end(),
+          // nearestCell)
+          // == visitedCells.end()) {
+          //     visitedCells.push_back(nearestCell);
+          // }
+
+          // Check if the nearest cell is within bounds
+          bool outOfBounds = false;
+          for (int i = 0; i < D; ++i) {
+            if (nearestCell[i] < minDefinedPoint[i] ||
+                nearestCell[i] > maxDefinedPoint[i]) {
+              outOfBounds = true;
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (outOfBounds) {
+            break; // Ray is outside the grid
+          }
+
+          // Access the level set value at the nearest cell
+          NumericType neighborValue = std::numeric_limits<NumericType>::max();
+          hrleSparseIterator<typename Domain<NumericType, D>::DomainType>
+              neighborIt(domain);
+          neighborIt.goToIndices(nearestCell);
+          neighborValue = neighborIt.getValue();
+
+          // Update the minimum value encountered
+          if (neighborValue < minLevelSetValue) {
+            visibility = false;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Update visibility for this point
+        visibilities[id++] = visibility ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+      }
+    }
+
+    auto &pointData = levelSet->getPointData();
+    // delete if already exists
+    if (int i = pointData.getScalarDataIndex(visibilitiesLabel); i != -1) {
+      pointData.eraseScalarData(i);
+    }
+    pointData.insertNextScalarData(visibilities, visibilitiesLabel);
+  }
+};
+
+} // namespace viennals
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diff --git a/tests/Visibility/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/Visibility/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/tests/Visibility/CMakeLists.txt
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+project(Visibility LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} "${PROJECT_NAME}.cpp")
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ViennaLS)
+
+add_dependencies(ViennaLS_Tests ${PROJECT_NAME})
+add_test(NAME ${PROJECT_NAME} COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:${PROJECT_NAME}>)
diff --git a/tests/Visibility/Visibility.cpp b/tests/Visibility/Visibility.cpp
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+++ b/tests/Visibility/Visibility.cpp
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+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <lsCalculateVisibilities.hpp>
+#include <lsDomain.hpp>
+#include <lsExpand.hpp>
+#include <lsMakeGeometry.hpp>
+#include <lsToMesh.hpp>
+#include <lsVTKWriter.hpp>
+
+namespace ls = viennals;
+
+int main() {
+
+  constexpr int D = 2;
+
+  double gridDelta = 0.4;
+
+  auto sphere1 = ls::SmartPointer<ls::Domain<double, D>>::New(
+      gridDelta); //, boundaryCons);
+
+  double origin[3] = {5., 0., 0.};
+  double radius = 7.3;
+
+  ls::MakeGeometry<double, D>(
+      sphere1, ls::SmartPointer<ls::Sphere<double, D>>::New(origin, radius))
+      .apply();
+
+  ls::Expand<double, D>(sphere1, 5).apply();
+  ls::CalculateVisibilities<double, D>(sphere1, ls::Vec3D<double>{0., -1.0, 0.})
+      .apply();
+
+  auto mesh = ls::SmartPointer<ls::Mesh<>>::New();
+  ls::ToMesh<double, D>(sphere1, mesh).apply();
+  ls::VTKWriter<double>(mesh, "visibility_test.vtp").apply();
+
+  return 0;
+}