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Author:  Satis [ Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:29 am ]
Post subject:  Game engine to render photorealistic planets
Game engine renders photorealistic Earth-sized worlds

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These sprawling vistas look completely natural because, in a sense, they are. The large scale structures of mountains, rivers, and oceans use height-map data dynamically downloaded as you explore, while the ground-level detail is procedurally generated, leaving you free to view the world as close or as far away as you desire (presumably within the limits of your processor).

http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/game-e ... reali.html
Author:  Rinox [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Game engine to render photorealistic planets
Could this be important for games that use realistic huge open worlds? Like Flight Simulator games, or even Arma?
Author:  Satis [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Game engine to render photorealistic planets
Yea, this can be important for any game that you want to allow sandbox play pretty much. The ground-level detail isn't great, so you'd still have to have designers manually place structures and such, but the terrain would be handled. Totally awesome. Building realistic-looking terrain is very difficult to do manually.
Author:  Rinox [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Game engine to render photorealistic planets
Dwarf Fortress does a good job.

Oh you said realistic LOOKING terrain...
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