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8 Aug 2024 10:26:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Panoramic camera  
From: Brian Knecht
Date: 24 Jan 2001 00:41:19
Message: <3a6e6aff@news.povray.org>
I thought I had seen the scene from Alien Island somewhere else. Then it hit
me, an older game called 'the Dig' by Sierra On-line. The only things
missing are the light bridges. Great job.

Jonathan Hunt wrote...
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for all the help guys.  I ended up rendering using a fisheye
> camera set to 360 degrees, and using Helmut Dersch's panorama tools
> to do the conversion to equirectangular projection. Similar to
> Ib Rasmussen's method, but without the need for two renders or any
> stitching. (Rasmussen did two renders at 180 degrees)
>
> The results can be seen on my povray page (http://www.xlcus.co.uk/povray/)
>
> Alien Island...
> http://www.xlcus.co.uk/povray/island/pan.html
>
> Julia...
> http://www.xlcus.co.uk/povray/julia/pan.html
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Jonathan Hunt
> http://www.xlcus.co.uk/
>
>
>


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