POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : mesh_camera : Re: mesh_camera Server Time
10 Oct 2025 00:45:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: mesh_camera  
From: Paul Bourke
Date: 8 Oct 2025 23:35:00
Message: <web.68e72c5fe548611cf518fc70784a083c@news.povray.org>
yesbird wrote:
> On 06/10/2025 10:01, Paul Bourke wrote:
> > I have the need for a custom camera, specifically an omni directional
> > stereoscopic panorama (cylindrical, not equirectangular). ...
> I remember your 'Market' project:
> https://povlab.yesbird.online/pb/
>
> For rendering this animation I used HgPovray38:
> https://github.com/LeForgeron/povray
> with Omni Directional Stereo camera:
> https://wiki.povray.org/content/User:Le_Forgeron/cameras
> and then, applied video to cylinders with Three.js.
>
> I guess the projection is fine and without noticeable distortions.
> After exploring mesh cameras I switched to HgPovray, as a more reliable
> solution.

Yes, the "Omni Directional Stereo camera" in HGPOVRAY38 is what I'm looking for,
but while building version 3.7 works out of the box on MacOS, I haven't been
able to build HGPOVRAY38 yet. Anyone done this? Preferably just the command line
version, no gui.


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